"No Power"

Sunday afternoon the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through Cincinnati. We had a windstorm for about 3 hours with gusts up to 60 mph. It did enough damage to the city that we were left with no electricity until Tuesday evening around 10pm. We were able to keep our food semi-cold with ice and our neighbors hooking our refrigerator up to their generator for a few hours each day. We used our grill to cook with and even heated Easton some ravioli up using the pan to Riley's boy scout mess kit! In the evenings we watched "The Office" on DVD with the laptop.

Easton pretty much took the blackout instride, but he did like to have his own flashlight and wouldn't drink milk the whole time because he only likes it warmed up in the microwave. He was also pretty bummed that he could not watch cartoons in the morning. (Which he usually likes to do while drinking his milk after he wakes up each day.) By the second morning he just said, "Cartoons? Nooo .. no power."

It is hard to see because we didn't use the flash on our camera, but this is Easton standing in front of the candles that was used for light in the morning and evenings.

Hurricane Ike Comes to Ohio

Monday morning after the storm Easton and I took a walk in our neighborhood to see what kind of damage was done. These are a few of our neighbor's trees!

I took this picture after they had been working on sawing off the branches, since the top of the tree was in the road. I was pretty impressed that it came out of the ground by the roots.

This street was closed for two days until they got this tree out of the road. If you look close you can see that it is being held up by power lines.

And finally... our tree. We were feeling really blessed that it stayed upright throughout the storm. We only had a few dead branches fall off and land in the yard and there was no damage to our house!

Indianapolis Children's Museum

Easton sitting in an Indy race car

Easton and Riley making an animated movie.

One of 8 actual Batmobiles used in the new movie "The Dark Knight"

Easton and Jessica in a cartoon car

Vacation!!!

Riley and I had our first overnight getaway since Easton was born, this past week! We went to South Haven, MI. While there we spent a lot of time laying out on the beach, shopping, and eating out. It was very relaxing, but we were excited to get back and see Easton.

Swim Class

Easton and I have been doing a Watertots class for over a year. He really enjoys it and we have made a lot of friends there. His favorite part is jumping into the water off of the side of the pool. Since Melanie (Riley's sister) was visiting we were finally able to get some pictures of us in class!

Tired Boys

This is how I found Easton and Riley after church one day. Between Nursery and early morning meetings they pretty much crash after church on Sundays!

Cincinnati Zoo

We finally made it to check out the Cincinnati Zoo. Since we have lived here we have heard that it is really nice. Easton had a great time and loved seeing all of the animals!

Easton measuring his wingspan...
Melanie, Riley, and Easton...Easton was too busy looking at the animals to turn around for a picture!