As I mentioned in my last post, I took the boys up to Cincinnati the same week that Lance setup the play set. Elizabeth, is having her first first baby at the end of July, so Julie and I threw her a baby shower. I can't believe my baby sister is going to
have a baby! We had such a great time and packed quite a bit of fun into one week! On our drive up, my mom called to check on our progress. I told her we were about to stop in Richmond, KY for lunch, b/c it is one of my favorite stops along the drive. It was unbelievable timing because she was on her way there for my Aunt Mary Ann's Special Olympics track meet. I let the boys eat lunch and then we headed over to cheer Mary on! Go Mary Ann! Walk like the wind girlfriend! She got a bronze metal in her race and we were so proud of her!
It was also a nice break in the trip to let the kids run around and stretch the legs.
We got to Cincinnati a few days before Julie and her boys, so we mostly just hung around the house and enjoyed playing in the yard, hanging with the family and eating at our favorite local restaurants (ie. Skyline)...
We took the boys to Beech Acres park one morning and they loved it as always. I am still finding sand in their shoes from the big sand box that they have!
Harrison has been telling me for a few months now that he has been wanting to ride a roller coaster so once Julie and the boys made it into town, we all took a day to visit Kings Island. Granddaddy came with us in the morning, took a golfing break in the afternoon and then came back to ride a few more rides and to watch the fireworks. My mom also came up after a few morning meetings. My sweet sweet Aunt Nancy, Aunt Carol, Uncle Kim and cousin Emily all helped out watching Davis for the day. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing extended family and Davis didn't miss a beat - getting to go to Totter Otterville and I know he had fun getting spoiled all day! It was so nice that they helped because we wanted to let the kids stay the whole day at Kings Island and I knew Davis just wouldn't have been able to handle it. The park stays open until 10 pm and they do a fire works show every night so the boys wanted to see it.
I have to say, I forgot how quickly time goes by when you go to Kings Island. It felt like the day just flew by. We got there at about 11 am and had to get a picture up front!
Granddaddy with his special boys
First up was making sure they looked the part, so we stopped by the face painting booth
He was so proud of it and showed it to people all day long.
First up, was the airplane ride
The whole kids area is now Peanuts character themed, so we got a photo op with Charlie Brown. (I really couldn't believe that Harrison wanted to stand next to him - he is usually terrified of characters!)
They loved the cars too!
Next up was the Beastie. It is now called the Woodstock Express but it will always and forever be 'The Beastie' to me. Jack was very nervous and not so into the rides with the big hills, but he was a trooper. Harrison was excited, but I think he was nervous not knowing exactly what it meant and felt like to ride a roller coaster.
I had to take a quick video to capture feelings about his first roller coaster ride. I can tell from his calm demeanor that he was nervous...and clearly still excited about his face paint.
Still smiling before the ride...
The picture during the ride was priceless though! Thank you Julie for realizing that we couldn't pass this one up! Even days later, we would randomly start laughing, just thinking of their expressions!
There was another roller coaster in the kids area, called The Great Pumpkin Coaster, that is for the smaller kids and the boys really loved that one. They probably rode it more than 10 times!
I was able to get a quick video of them on this ride...
Harrison was able to ride a few adult rides which was fun too. For the Cincinnati folks - we were able to get Trey to ride The Vortex and he loved it! He was so nervous all day, but he finally got up the nerve to ride it and was just on top of the world after that!
It was such a fun day and was ended with one of my all-time favorite treats...Smurf ice cream! It still tastes every bit as good as it did when I was little! I think the look on this face shows exactly how much fun he had!
The boys did so great despite such a long day! Definitely a fun memory I will treasure!
The next evening we made a trip to Graeter's in Hyde Park. Harrison was clearly still catching up on sleep b/c he fell asleep in the car on the way there. I put him in the stroller, thinking he would wake up once we got into the ice cream shop...nope...he stayed asleep while we ate our ice cream on the square, transferred him back to the car and woke up just as I was laying him in his bed!
I love this sweet face...
Hangin with Grandmommy...
While hanging out at the house on our last day, Davis found a new buddy...he was loving his big cousin Trey! He started doing "trot trot to Boston" with Davis and he loved it so much that Davis wouldn't let him stop. I love those sweet moments!
The rest of the time was spent getting ready for Liz's shower. We held it at Sugar Cupcakery in Milford, OH. Thankfully Julie is the party planner extraordinaire, and the shower was just beautiful! We are so excited to meet this sweet baby girl and we are so excited to get to see our baby sister as a mom for the first time! We were running around so much the day of the shower that I didn't even think to pull out my phone to take a picture!!! Elizabeth was beautiful and she got so many cute things! I just can't wait to play dress up with this little girl!
We had such a great week, which was made a little bittersweet by the fact that my parents sold their house and moved out on June 12th, just after we left. They moved in when I was 4, so I have many wonderful friends and memories from that street that I will always treasure despite the house not being ours anymore! It is still very surreal and while I was sad to say goodbye, we are thrilled to have my parents down south!
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