Alan Turns 30

Charlie and I are into the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, but we took a break on Saturday night to go and celebrate Alan's 30th birthday. It was the perfect temperature for a birthday party (this entire weekend has been in the upper 70's each day), so we ate some yummy snacks (including Alan's homemade tomato salad), and actually surprised him with a cake and candles (he hates "birthday"ish stuff...like singing with a lit cake). Then, we played "botchy" ball (I have no idea how you spell that...it was my first time playing), and Charlie got "killed" at croquet. Lots of fun. Plus, we got back in time to see Michael Phelps make a new world record in swimming!

King's Island

So, I've always LOVED amusement parks, and there is a world reknown park here in Cinci called King's Island. It has two of the world record wooden roller coasters (The Beast...which is the longest wooden roller coaster in the world and Son of the Beast...which has the biggest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world). Charlie and I road so many roller coasters: the Beast, the Vortex, Flight of Fear, the Stunt Coaster, and I know there were at least three others. It was crazy! We loved spending time with Eric and Maureen and Karyn. Here are some pics of our adventures: