It's quite a controversial subject around here. Most people hate to see it go. There's a lot of history in the place. Supposedly the city of Detroit wants to put a giant retailer (think Wal-Mart) or luxury condos (who's buying luxury condos anyway, especially in Detroit!) in it's place. Personally, if they're going to pay to demolish old buildings, knock down some of the crumbling, burned out houses and other buildings around town and leave history in its place.
Chase also had the opportunity to eat his first s'more! I think he took about two bites and had enough. Apparently he's not too big on marshmallow! How can you not be?
Gary was assigned the task of entertaining Logan for a bit while the girls were busy. He did a good job for a few minutes but I think he ended up in tears. It's not Gary's fault though, he wasn't feeling that great anyway!
One of the highlights of the weekend was going the The Rendezvous with everyone for what we thought was going to be karaoke night. Unfortunately, it being the holiday they had expected to be dead and did not have karaoke. So we improvised and somehow Gary convinced the bar staff to let us play tippy cup. It took a few minutes, but the adults eventually caught on to the rules and were quite good at it. I think they may have even won the young vs. old match up!
It also happened to be Marge's 50th birthday so my Aunt had the clever idea of having all the ladies decorate a bra so we could hang it in her yard with a sign that said "Happy 50th Marge. We support you!". They turned out great, very creative stuff! Mine is the Dallas Cowboy looking number in the photo below. I kinda wanted to keep it. :)
We had a big cookout in honor of Marge on Saturday night and Nick, Adam, and Exo's band played for our listening enjoyment!
Of course we concluded the night with some karaoke. Gary and I were the only ones brave enough to get up there and make a fool of ourselves, though. We tried, but Messy and Emmy both refused. Maybe next time!
Friday morning we had breakfast right on the beach (what could be better?) and spent the rest of the day by the pool. They had these fun little cabana things which were pretty comfortable! 
Good thing Gary had a book to read, otherwise he would have been bored out of his mind with all the time I wanted to spend in the sun!
Saturday we spent the morning by the pool again. We went for lunch to a cafe down the street and boy am I glad they had a canopy over their tables! Not 5 minutes after we sat down, it started pouring! Gotta love that Florida weather where it's gorgeous one minute and then storming the next. Luckily, the rain moved out just as quickly as it had moved in so we were able to enjoy the beach for a while.
Gary tried to get me to go into the water but I have a small fear of the ocean lately. It's not the sharks or anything, it's more the waves and currents and being afraid of drowning. Weird because I've had a fear of watersports before but never really of water itself.
Saturday night (our last night) we decided to eat at a chain restaurant as we hadn't been impressed so with the food so far at all. Sadly, our dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. was probably one of the better meals we had all weekend. Of course I had to pose like the tourist I am with the Forrest Gump shoes and bench.
Sunday we got up early and spent maybe an hour in the sun before heading to the airport. Little did we know that although our vacation had been pretty much perfect so far, there was not going to be a happy ending to our trip.
We again were flying through Newark which is a pain in itself but when we got there, the monitors had our flight to Detroit listed but no gate. Since we had two hours until our flight, we thought they just hadn't put it up there yet so we grabbed a bit to eat. Afterwards, we checked the monitors again, still no gate. Come to find out, our flight to Detroit has been CANCELLED due to mechanical problems. And of course, it's that last flight out for the night. Gary and I both NEEDING to be back Sunday night (him because he was flying to Vegas for work on a 7 AM flight Monday, and me because I was starting my new job) we were trying to find any possible way to get back to Detroit. We were finally able to get seats on an American Airlines flight to Chicago and then on another from Chicago to Detroit. The only issue being that the Chicago flight was already running an hour late and there was only a slight chance we could make the Detroit flight in Chicago. We figured we could at least drive from Chicago if we needed to. Luckily, we made the flight in Chicago but our luggage did not. It was on the original flight that Northwest booked us for 6 AM Monday morning. So once we arrived home at 1:30 AM, it was off to Meijers to buy toothbrushes and other essentials (read: MAKEUP). Gary looks really pleased to be at Meijers at 2:30 AM when he has to get up at 4:30 doesn't he?
All said and done, we got about an hour and a half of sleep Sunday night...well, Monday morning technically. What a way to start my new job.