I have to blog this now while it is still fresh on my mind. It is one of those days where you wish you had a camera crew following you around just to have it captured permantly!

We left yesterday and went to B'ham and shop at my favorite store, and then on to Nashville where we spent the night with Matt and Cindy. What a great time!

We got up this AM to drive to Cincinnati. We sat in traffic for an hour in Nashville. I had to drive after that as Dan's back was in really bad shape. Andrew didn't get a birthday party this year. We have been gone so much, i couldn't get it together, so we told him we would do something special instead of a party. He agreed, but I can't say I think he was happy about it! Anyway we told him we were going to the Great Wolf Lodge and King's Island, but that really didn't mean anything to him! When we got here, you could see King's Island from the road, so he said he just wanted to go there today. We told him tomorrow, today we had to go to the hotel. When Dan was checking in, Anna said can we swim in the pool. I asked her how she knew they had a pool, and she said because everyone is walking around in bathing suits. Such an observant one! As we were going down the hall Andrew kept saying it is just like the Wilderness Lodge. When we got to the room with the cave with bunk beds and their own tv, they were freaking out! We them showed them out the balcony and you could see the outdoor pool area, they were beside themselves. We went down to the indoor water park, and they were pumped. Andrew said this was better than Disney and a way better surprised than he thought, and it was worth not having a party!!! They both had to build up some confidence, but once they did, they loved the water slides! We came up to eat dinner, play in the arcade, and the interactive scavenger hunt. Anna and I watched the clock show. The boys are still down doing the Scavenger Hunt while we are in bed in our pjs watching TV. Hopefully we can sleep soon. Anna told me she didn't want a party either for a birthday, but a trip instead!!! My most favorite thing in the world is vaca with the fam! Dan said his favorite thing is to go downstairs at the resort and get a good meal!!!