Catching up!!!

I have a lot of catching up to do and it all started the weekend of the 14th. We went to Cincinnati for our anniversary. I had reserved dinner for us on the Bell on Cincinnati and I would not tell Jason where we were going, so he was surprised. We had a really good meal with all you can eat prime rib, Jason was loving it!!! And then it took us down the river for a nice quiet little cruise. It was beautiful once the sun went down and all the lights of Cincy came on. We also stayed at a really nice hotel. I did not know what to expect since I just picked one that I thought was close to where the boat was docked and we were really happy with it.
We came home on Saturday night and on Sunday about 3:30p.m. our electricity went out. We figured it would be out for a few hours and then life would get back to normal. Boy were we ever wrong. Since every time that the weather gets really bad Jason usually has fire calls at the fire station, so the kids and I were at home in the dark alone, so I decided to have company in the dark. We had my parents, his Mom and brother and Harry Jones over and fixed hamburgers and mac and cheese on the grill. We really did have a good time in the dark. We then went to his Mom's to get a shower because she had a generator, and came home knowing that the power would be on when we got up, wrong!!!!!!!!!!! Our power did not come back on until sometime around 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday night. We were ever so thankful for electricity. That was the longest 2 1/2 days that we have been through in a long time, and it took me until Saturday to get everything back to normal. So we have decided that we really do not want to be pioneers anytime soon.
I am posting a few pictures from the last few weeks, Enjoy!!
They love to help Mommy in the kitchen, so here is the beginning of.........
........ pumpkin pie. He did manage to spill a little, but he had fun.

She did a very good job, hopefully she will be my cook someday!!!

Jason's B-day was the 11th, so I decorated the table and we had pork chops, baked potatoes, green beans and brownie, ice cream with hot fudge for dessert.
Daddy opening what the kids gave him.

Here is some pictures of the Hotel we stayed in.

The beautiful two room suite. I wish we could have stayed longer, well all except our check book was saying NO WAY!!!
This was the view from out hotel window. It was beautiful!!!
This was on the Bell of Cincinnati. Everything was really good.

To say the least the background was beautiful, but my camera is very cheap and it does not take good pictures at night. We had another couple ask us to take their picture and their camera was nice and the background turned out very beautiful, so I was disappointed with our picture.