Mini Family Vacation

We decided that since Thomas was off of school for the next 2 weekends, that we would take a short little vacation. So off we went to King's Island on Saturday for some much needed fun! King's Island is like Six Flags in California but much better. It is in Cincinnati, and only 1 1/2 hours away from us. So, we decided to just go there for the day and come home the same night. That way, we saved money on a hotel and extra food for another day.

Well, we finally got there after getting just tad lost in Cincinnati, but we easily found out way and made it there only about 1/2 hour past what we had thought we would be there. We unloaded, and headed to the fun! I forgot something in the car, so I went back to grab it. Thomas took the kids to wait by the front gate for me. While he waited, a lady came up to him and asked him if he had tickets yet. He said No, not yet, I'm waiting for my wife who just ran to the car. She then proceeded to give him 6 tickets!! He couldn't believe it! Apparently, her school had purchased too many, and the park wouldn't give her a refund. So, that saved us about $180! I was so excited! We only had to buy Marina a ticket for $20!

The kids had so much fun. Harley even rode some of the "adult" rides, that I thought for sure there was no way she would go on them! She even went on one where your legs are dangling in the air. Ryker told us right away that he didn't want to go upside down, but wanted to do the other big rides. Well, he liked them so much, that by the end of the day, we got him on Vortex, which takes you upside down a total of 6 times! I was super proud of him. Aspen and Sierra couldn't wait to get on Delirium! I let Thomas take them on that one, as I had already done too much to mess up my back more than I should have.

When we got there, we realized that this was Marina's first trip to ANY amusement park! She has never come with us to Disneyland because she was always too little. Well, she was in heaven! She just couldn't get enough. I just loved seeing her face while she was exploring all the new things to do there.