New portraits and website updates

Just letting everyone know that we recently had Eric's 6-month portraits done. There are several samples below. Julie has also updated the main website with a few months worth of pictures so go check it out! Sometime in the near future we'll add a few video clips to the site. We have a really good one of Grandma Ginny and Great Aunt Kathy boxing on the Wii that you won't want to miss.

King's Island

We took Natalie to P&G weekend at King's Island a couple of weeks ago, and this year she's big enough to enjoy quite a few more rides. This was a test day to see if it is worth getting a season pass for next year. We weren't sure if she would enjoy the rides or not, but as you can see below she had a great time. She rode on several rides; even those that she had to ride alone. We went for a few hours in the morning and had such a good time that we went back for a second round after nap time!

We started simple and rode the merry-go-round.



Then we were brave enough to try the roller coaster!


The we relaxed a bit on Azul the train from the Dora show.

Then we found Natalie's favorite ride of all time. Dad has always referred to them as the Swings of Death. I don't know how many times Natalie rode them, but it was a LOT. We had to do some serious negotiating to get her to go try a different ride.


Then Natalie rode on the Blue's Clues ride all by herself. Every time she hit the button she went high into the air, and she loved it.

We ended the evening on the Swiper ride, which was a pretty exciting ride as well. Natalie was all smiles.

The day went very well, and now we have season passes for next year!