A Very Windy Day...

Today was our annual P&G day at King's Island. It started off bright and sunny as we headed to King's Island. We got an early start and left the house around 9:15 and were there by 10. The girls got lots of riding rides in and had a blast. Ellie did pretty well considering it was her first trip to an amusement park. She did have some moments or being irritated with waiting in line but overall was great. She really liked the rides too! I think her favorite was the mini coaster but of course that's my favorite too. Or should be say...that's about all I can handle:) Jeff took the older girls on most of the rides they could go on and Mackenzie got some new ones in this year. She actually rode the vortex with Jeff. I was shocked when they came back and told me what they went on...how she could come from my womb is astonishing!! Ainsley of course could not ride most of those rides as she was too short though I am certain that if she were taller, she probably would have ridden them. She did do the log ride with Jeff and Mackenzie and a spinning ride that Jeff would really like to forget! He felt pretty sick after that one but I have to say I volunteered and he said he was ok..I did a bunch of the kiddie rides with Ellie and Ainsley and then some they did on their own if they could. A great day of rides and they had a blast. We were glad we got them there as soon as it opened however as later in the afternoon we got the remains of Hurricane Ike and they actually shut the park down. We were close to ready to leave anyway as they girls were getting tired from the constant wind blowing sticks, twigs, and leaves into their face and eyes. They had shut several rides down and we were getting ready to get some ice cream when they said they were shutting down the park. Apparently from what we heard a woman got hit by a tree. There was tons of debris flying around so we were going to leave but that prompted us to go before getting ice cream:( So we decided to stop at Wendy's for dinner and get frosties...however no such luck:( By the time we got to the Wendy's in Florence, KY the power was out everywhere and they were closed. We however haven't lost any power and were able to watch the Patriots beat the Jets!!! Go patriots!! So we had pancakes and ice cream here at the house...cheaper and probably better:) So a very fun and eventful day for all..when I get the pictured uploaded from our camera I will post some. Oh and by the way...I have always thought that P&G hired bright and upstanding citizens to work for their company. Today has proven otherwise...they are hoodlums. When they closed the park, of course all 6,000 plus people are leaving at the same time...so lots of people. Are they all leaving through the standard means of exiting? No...they are driving EVERYWHERE!! They leave through the exits, the entrances and all other possible means of exit. Across medians and all other sorts of grass..insane! But we did arrive home in one piece for which I am thankful:)