Cedar Point

This is late, but 2 Sundays ago Andy, Mom, Lee, Julie, Alex, Elena and I went to Cedar POint. Now, I did not take a lot of photos and Julie said she would send me some. Until than here are some photos I took.

As you can see our ride to CP was quite entertaining. So much that we missed the exit!
I think Andy is having more fun than Elena on Woodstock Express!
Alex was too busy driving the train to look

Elena is on her favorite ride, Froghopper, if you look closely she is on the pink frog (if you didn't know pink is her favorite color). Actually, there was another girl in that seat who had to get off so Elena quickly jumped from the yellow frog to the pink one!

My Boys

Birthdays

I invited family and friends over to our house for Andy's birthday (July 12th), but I forgot to take a lot of photos!

Julie and Lee were very kind and stopped by the Cheesecake Factory to pick up a Cookie Dough Cheesecake for Andy. For those of you that don't know, Andy and I LOVE Cheesecake Factory and have been known to drive to Columbus or Cleveland just for cheesecake. Not to mention tailgating at Crew soccer games with cheesecake!

Andy and his brother, Chris, were having a good time! (Sorry for the bad picks, but atleast there were some!)

The following weekend (July 18th) was Sarah's birthday and the annual canoe trip! Sean (Sarah's husband) had been planning a nice 30th for her for months. I was in charge of the cake (which took a dive in the car but still tasted good!)

Sean had both the sign and shirt made for her. Unfortunately, on Friday (her birthday) it was like 100 degrees so Sarah was a HOT 1978 classic! Tricia (Sarah's sister) bought her the crown and I got her the fun party cup!

Weather was good until Sunday. We woke up to sprinkles and a heavy down poor. We all decided to stay so we tarpped up everything we could and made the "grotto" (pictured below) that consisted of 3 tents.


On Monday morning we had survived the big storm that came in over night (not that Andy and I knew we slept through it all). Poor Kim and Ryan were found in their car. I asked if the "grotto" had failed and they were rained on, but the real reason was that between the thunder and Andy's snoring they could not fall asleep! Everyone asked how I can sleep in the same room with the bear, I said I go to bed first.

New Job!

I guess I haven't written anything in awhile! The big news since last time is that I got a job here in Findlay. No more driving the hour commute to Toledo and filling up my car twice a week! I will be working at Family Resource Center which provides mental health counseling to children between the ages of 2-18. I am going to start out with adolescents and they will train me to be with the little guys in the next few months. I am very sad to be leaving my job in Toledo, which has been difficult letting all of my current clients know that I am leaving. But I will remain at the Private Practice on Saturdays (and maybe one evening a week). I am a little nervous but I am excited to start working only 15 minutes from home!

Kentucky

This past weekend, Andy and I adventured south to Kentucky to see Kelli and Mike get married. Well that was the plan, but we were unable to actually see them get married because of construction on I75, but ultimately it was due to Mangoes and Papayas (thank you Julie for finding out for me and putting my mind at ease). Yes, because of fruit we did not get to Richmond, Ky until 6:00pm and hour after the wedding (but in time for the reception). For proof I snapped these photos, remember we were driving down the highway when these were taken!

The reception was wonderful and the rest of the weekend was great!

We spent Saturday night at Kelli and Mike's playing euchre, the boys won each game but we are going to plan a rematch! Congrats Pool Girl!

Diesel's New Friends

Kelly requested a picture of the Great Dane, so here are some pics of Diesel and his school friends.

Diesel and Gabby (the Great Dane) are starting to be better friends (notice the size difference). Gabby's parents say that the also have a chihuahua that keeps Gabby in her place! They also said that she grows 1 inch a week and doesn't realize it. I found that out when she tried to squeeze under my chair!

Diesel and Gus were saying "hello" Gus is about 1 month older than Diesel.

Diesel has also befriended the lab next door, Sadie. They played yesterday for about a half hour. It is amazing how having a dog can help you get to know your neighbors!

A Day with the Kids

Today Mom and the kids came down to visit. We started the day having lunch and Andy got to try on the "uncle" hat for the first time.

He played "make-up" with Elena (Don't worry he just put it on her)....

and Wild Wild West with Alex. Then we went to "Fort Findlay" located in a park near the hospital. The kids said they loved it and Alex didn't want to leave.
Elena found a good way to cool down!
Elena is in the window to the left.
The fort had a lot of places to hide, this tire swing was actually under the fort.

I had to promise Alex that we would come back another time to get him to leave. After the park we had ice cream at Dairy Queen and went back to our house. When we arrived, Alex wanted to play Wii (surprise) so Andy played with him and after about an hour they had to go home.

That night Andy and I went to see The Happening. Now I am even more afraid when the wind blows! It is a definite must see.

Who is that masked man?