Happy 4th of July

Happy Birthday! Yes' America it's your birthday and how do we celebrate it? By the pool, eating, and giving you the biggest candle ever (aka fireworks). So how did the Luka family celebrated your birthday? By going to Dutch Wonderland and visiting family.

Dutch Wonderland is a amusement park just for kids. Almost all the rides every kid can go on and did we. We got up to the park by opening and were there all day long. Luke and Carlita really enjoyed themselves (and the parents too). Though the theme was a bit much for me (all about princesses and princes), it was a great park that we'll go back again. When it was time to leave, the Rosa car wasn't doing so well. It was shaking and couldn't accelerate. We called our handy man, Mike (my B-I-L)  who directed us to the closest Pep Boys off his satellite program. Three hours later, and more in debt, our car was fixed and we had tired children on hand. We spent that time at 5 Guys (a burger joint) and K-Mart (not the most happening place to be at).

After that adventure, we were up for another - to go see my sister's in Maryland. We were in for a big surprise when we got there. A boat fairy had delivered a beautiful Sea-doo speedster just in time for the holidays. On the 4th we went riding on the Potomac River, and the kids couldn't get enough of it. We were so exhausted! the kids at night had a hard time going down and I fell asleep with them at 9pm, missing out on any fireworks :(

The rest of the weekend was spent recovering from our trips, and playing with the kids. Happy Birthday America! Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.