Weekend Highs and Blows

This past weekend we visited my parents in Cinci. On Saturday we went to Kings Island (a big amusement park) and the kids had an absolute blast. Aidan got to ride some pretty big coasters (the benefits of being tall for his age - and fearless!), and Quinn loved going on the little rides. That being said, I think the highlight of Quinn's day was watching the Dora show. He's never been to a live show before and when Dora and Boots came on stage his jaw dropped and he was absolutely blown away. It was too cute for words!

Here are some pictures from the adventure:
I love Quinn's face seeing Pablo for the first time:


With me on the Mystery Machine:


On the kiddie drop zone:



Aidan and Dad on the big coaster:


Zooming down the zoom-a-floom:


The other big adventure on the weekend happened on Sunday. The wind picked up around 12:30 and got pretty intense. Chris and I went shopping for a bit, and on the way home the van was shaking it was so windy. By the time we got home it was full-on gale force winds. A huge tree in my parents front yard fell over, and about an hour later another tree fell across the base of the driveway and landed on the neighbor's truck. The wind was absolutely unbelievable - I've never seen or heard anything like it. They say that it was going at about 60mph, and I can't even imagine what it would be like in hurricane force winds of 100mph. At about 6:00 the winds finally died down and Chris and my dad headed out to try to get rid of the tree at the end of the driveway. The boys and I headed out later on small branch and leaf clean-up. It was absolutely amazing. Here is some photographic evidence:



The last picture I have to share is one of Aidan and my Dad - the two buddies. I think it is just the cutest picture ever!