Sunset

A couple of gorgeous sunsets from a wonderful vantage point- my porch! Actually, standing on my porch in front of my kitchen window. Can't beat that.

Kings Island

We left bright and early last Thursday morning (July 16) for a couple days of fun at Kings Island with some of our friends. We didn't tell the boys we were going, we just told them that we were going to get up early and go out to breakfast before Dad had to go to work. Since it was early we told them they could take their pillows and maybe a blanket in case they get cold in the car or they get tired and want to sleep. I also made sure that they had their Nintendo DS's and chargers. When we got to the east side of Bloomington, Dillon asked why we couldn't eat breakfast at the Burger King by the credit union. We told him we wanted to eat at one on the east side. He was satified with that answer and we kept going. We finally stopped to eat at Columbus and the boys noticed we weren't in Bloomington anymore but they still didn't suspect much of anything. About 10:00 Dillon asked about Dad being late for work. Michel's reply was "I've got plenty of time." Finally when we got to the Ohio state line and they saw the "Welcome to Ohio" sign the boys decided to put their DS's down and pay attention because something was going on. They did not realize where exactly we were going until we within a couple of miles and you could start to see the rollercoaters and the Eiffel Tower peek up through the tree line.

We arrived at the park on Thursday just before 11:00 and stayed until the fireworks were over that night. We went down the road to stay at a hotel and were back at the park about 10:00 on Friday morning. We stayed until about 4:00 on Friday before heading to IKEA and Microcenter on the way home.

We got the boys to ride several rollercoasters during the two days. Dillon would say he didn't want to ride something but we would make him ride it anyways and then when he got off he would say he loved it. There were a few that Dillon was too short for, so he got to sit out and I got to sit out with him. Darian braved "The Beast," "Flight of Fear," and "The Crypt" with Michel while I sat out with Dillon which was probably good as I was getting a bad headache that wanted to progress to migraine status. I was also very content to sit and watch and take pictures. Maybe that's why I took over 100 pictures in two days? LOL!

The highlight of the trip for the boys was probably getting to play one of the games and winning. (Winning is really easy when its a minimum of two players and Dillon is playing against me, while Darian played against Dad.) The prizes were stuffed Pokemon. Dillon won a Turtwig and Darian won a Pichu.

Pictures = 1. Darian & Dillon before we entered the park. 2. Dillon and Turtwig 3. Vortex in its loop ( Our friend James is in the middle part of the train in the red shirt.) 4. Darian and Pichu 5. Michel, Darian, & Dillon in front of the fountains and Eifel Tower. 6. "Delirium" with Michel and our friends the Byrds riding. 7. Michel, Tonya and Marcus buckled in on the "Drop Tower." 8. "Drop Tower" at the top before it dropped. 9. "Diamondback" at the beginning. 10. "Diamondback at the end. 11. Michel & Darian