Thursday/Friday

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I've been MIA. My mom was out for a visit the past week. I picked her up from the airport the same day that the kids had their last day of school. We were on the go since then. If we weren't out doing sightseeing, we were back at her hotel using the indoor pool which the kids LOVED.

Thursday we went to a place called Rabbit Hash. It's a small "town" not far from my house. It has one of the oldest general stores in the state, something over 100 years old. It's along the river, and for some reason it is one of the kids' favorite spots. We always have to take out of town people there. You have to pick a bottled soda from the fridge and sit outside and watch the river. They also have some antiques for sale in some of the old buildings near the general store. I got the coolest wood architectural things that go on old doors. They are big scroll type things. I'll have to take a picture of them. They are awesome. Thanks mom, I love them!

Friday Mike was also coming home and we had to kill about half a day before going to pick him up at the airport. We went to Newport on the levee in Kentucky and walked across the purple people bridge across the river to Ohio. It was perfect weather for it. We had such a great time.

Trevor after walking, taking a break.

Downtown Cincinnati: I love the skyline and all of the bridges. It was such a perfect sunny day.

Newport is a big multi level outdoor mall kind of thing with theaters, stores and the aquarium. It's such a neat place. The food smells alone were one of my favorite parts. We stopped at Johnny Rockets for a small lunch. The kids all got hats and balloons... Matthew's of course being a blue one. Later this balloon and Trevor's both got out of the car and floated away. Bummer.

After Newport we picked up Mike from the airport and went to Cheddars for an early dinner. More soon.....