Monroe County Fair 2008

What an awesome concert they put on last night!! Heather and I went to the Monroe County Fair after attending the ADA day at the Toledo Zoo. Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert put on the greatest first concert together. It was a good time with just Heather and I.

150th Lucas County Fair

Not to slow down any, we headed out to the Lucas County Fair last night. I was really disappointed in what it has become. There are just not the fun things and the excitment that there was at one time to go to the fair. Ashley, Scott, Derrin, Makiya, Kalee, Demitrius, Bella and myself went. There were only about a half dozen rides that the kids could ride and the games were very expensive for really cheap items as prizes. There was a curb around everything that was set up so I was not able to get up to the rides or even the consession stands on my own. Anyhow, the kids enjoyed running between rides even though I was very uncomfortable with it as I could not be right there with them.

I am excited about the Wood County Fair and the Monroe County Fair on Monday for Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. The Wood County Fair I have friends that show their horses there and they are going to let the Bella, Kalee and Britenee ride them. They are really excited about this.

Cedar Point

Well, come bright and early in the morning everyone was up and around all excited about going to Cedar Point. Kalee, Britenee, Demitrius, Bella, TJei, Emma and Ahmad was really excited as this was a first for all of them. Oh, I forgot to mention that Heather brought her two brother-in-laws with her Basil and Ahmad. Dominic, Robin and Emma also joined us for the day. After breakfast everyone packed up and headed out for the day.

It ended up being a very hot and muggy day however, there was fun to be had by all. Julius took Demitrius to ride his very first roller coaster since he is finally tall enough to do this. The little ones were so exhausted as the day went on as the heat was way too much. By 7:00 p.m. Karen was ready to go back to the hotel with the little ones. They were just as ready to go!! So Mike took Karen, Britenee, TJei, Bella, Emma and Mia back to the hotel to go swimming and get out of the heat.

I kept Kalee, Demitrius and Ahmad with me riding the medium size rides and Julius, Basil, Quentin, Heather, Dominic and Robin headed back to the larger coasters and rides. By the end of the evening almost all the cell phones were dead and trying to find each other was rather interesting. I did however, call Karen at the hotel and ask her to try and get my room back for another night as I knew there was NO way I was going to be able to safely drive back to Toledo after the totally exhausting day at the Point. We finally made it back to the hotel at about 11:00 p.m. After finding something for everyone to eat it didn't take long for everyone to crash.

It was such a fun day and I really enjoyed spending the day with all the family that was able to join.

Kalahari Visit

We headed off to Kalahari after our camping venture. Mike, Karen, Quentin, TJei, Mia, Heather, Julius, Demitrius, Bella, Lil Bert, Kalee, Britenee and myself had a wonderful trip. For some this was a first time visit to the resort and the room that we were given the outdoor part of the water park was right out the patio door!!! We had so much fun and the kids ran and ran. For the most part we did not see the older ones most of the time as they were off runing to the bigger rides. But TJei, Bella, Mia and Britenee had so much fun with the new opening of the larger area of the outdoor section and the new section on the inside. There is so much more for all the kids to do. I think that it was a first that when it was time for bed they all crashed without any hassles or anything.

The next day Heather, Julius, Lil Bert, Demitrius and Bella had to head back to Toledo as Julius had to be to work. There were a lot of sad little folks but everyone was soon out and about having a good time again. We were allowed to stay at Kalahari until 3:00 p.m. at which time we loaded up and went down the road a little ways to look for another place to stay for the evening so that we could get an early start the next day for Cedar Point. Everyone was quite disappointed that Heather and her family would not be able to join us at Cedar Point.

Everyone was settled in and about 12:30ish or so I got a phone call that Heather would be able to go to Cedar Point after all. Told her to come on over tonight so that everyone was ready in the morning to head out and they showed up about 2:00 a.m. I left the key to the room in the van so that they could just come in and go to bed so all was set for the next morning.

Camping Reunion

We started pulling the campers out to KOA in Petersburg, Michigan on July 5 after a terrific evening of fireworks, swimming, and plenty of eating. By the begininng of the week, there were probably 12 other families set up for the week long venture. After the first couple of days, we got rain that flooded our area to the point that the shoes were floating around the campsite and we had to find many things after the waters went down. This happened a couple of different times. Mike, Karen, Quentin, TJei and Mia pulled in late Wednesday evening and it was so great seeing everyone again.

We Are Alive In Ohio

There has been so much going on here!! What with all that has been going on with Millie (who by the way is doing great). It was wonderful to see Nancy who I have not seen in about six years. The van has been giving me so many problems it is unreal. Still not sure what is going on with it, so Chris is going to take it into the shop the week that I am at the camp ground to figure out why is up with it. Oh, and I already but big bucks into it just before leaving for the last Raptor event of the year in Saginaw.
The deck is finally finished and working out wonderfully as I can now see the kids as they are playing in the pool and loving every minute of it.

I am so looking forward to The Big Sassy Sister and the part of her family that is able to join her coming back for a visit. My goal is to stay healthy for this visit as the last three visits that she has made I have not been feeling the best. I am so looking forward to having lots of fun this time around!! Are you here yet!!