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Editor’s note: I promised my niece her own post (and photos) here on my blog, so here ya go Mon…

So this last weekend we packed up the kids and managed to get out of the smoke and half way across the country to Kalamazoo, Michigan (or “K-Zoo” as the youngin’s call it) of all places to watch my niece renew her wedding vows (now say “awwwww” everyone).

Now we would have gone to her actual wedding last year, but nooo, she ran off and got married somewhere in New York and apparently, if the alcohol induced speech from her best friend was any indication, may or may not have consummated her marriage on her best friend’s couch.

Sheesh, these kids today…

Anyway, kidding aside (or not…), it was a heckofa time. Lisa and the kids got to dance to “Le Freak“ (c’mon, sing it… you know you know it…) and got to see fireflies for the first time (the bugs, not the TV show). We also got to learn that Michiganders use the left lane on the freeway only as a passing lane which is really, really weird to us Californians.

In a kinda cool twist of time and space, my kids slept in the same playroom beds — now at my brother’s house — that once graced the playroom in my parent’s house and as one of my nephews pointed out they’ve now joined all the other grandkids who’ve slept in those beds as well.

Also since we recently toured the capitol building in Sacramento, we decided to tour the freakishly skinny capitol building in Lansing. Unfortunately, aside from the fact that the Michigan capitol needs to suck down a few more cheeseburgers, the buildings are stunningly similar in design and the kids quickly tired of that nonsense (“…seen it!”). And besides, Uncle C and Aunt K had a basement! You so can’t compete with that.

Alas, we also got to experience the joy that is modern American air travel. Three of our four flights were delayed for over an hour (or two) and usually with us already on the plane (enjoying the spacious seating and the wonderful selection of peanuts). It was lovely. Our kids were great through it all and even though we arrived after midnight both coming and going the kids were real troopers.