Today is Missy's 4th birthday. Things were much more low-key here than for previous birthdays. We visited the library and got Alex's bike tire fixed, and Laura, Thomas, and Ben visited here for the weekend, coming down from where they were visiting in Michigan. They arrived Saturday; we had a Katie day so she babysat while the grownups did some shopping and had dinner. Today we had bagels and a small party - just us at home - for Missy. She got some good stuff... a fishing rod, Sorry game, magnifying glass, some clothes, etc. Then we went to Fort Wayne to go to Chuck E. Cheese's, which seemed like much more of a rip-off than I remember. Alex hit a couple of 50+ ticket jackpots, so we had 287 by the end, which was enough for 2 bouncy balls and a little plastic ring for Missy. At T'N'T we'd've had enough for 2 bags full of crap. Anyway, since today was Father's Day, Ritter's had a special going on where the fathers got free ice cream so we went. We were going to get ice cream and then go see "Kung Fu Panda," but while we were waiting in line a huge driving thunderstorm blew up. Beth and the kids went back to the car when the sprinkling started but the rest of us were caught and had to shelter under the overhang. It was absolutely driving rain and the overhang was not much shelter. So the 3 of us were pretty wet by the time the ice cream was ready, and we decided to skip the movie. Laura and Thomas left Monday morning.