Kings Island WinterFest did not disappoint. We enjoyed our visit to the park as the last year’s was cancelled due to the pandemic. Kings Island did not miss a step since then. Our first stop was at the buffet at the International Restaurant. Seeing the insides of this facility was tops on my list for …

I volunteered to make the turkeys this year, one bird was 16 pounds, one 19 pounds. I hoped to smoke them, but I was not able to procure a smoker in time (or learn how to use one). Instead, we roasted them in our brand new oven (literally the second thing we made in it). …

A few pics of our recent trip to Cincinnati Zoo Festival of Lights. We had lots of fun. The added lite up animal displays are neat – we may try a scavenger hunt next time to see if we can find all of them. It was pretty cold outside but we bundled up and made …

Time to renovate our house. Working from home lesson learned – make things look nice. I didn’t realize how much our house needed some touch ups until I spent all day in it. Plus, our kids are getting bigger and need more room to play. Given the rise in housing values, and our goal of …