King's Island in Ohio

Monday 6/26 we drove over to Cinci to King's Island amusement park for the day. What a blast! I have not been on a roller coaster in 20 years.

Me, Amy, Kirbi, McKenna, Laura, and Jarrett all made the trip. Mark had to work. You missed out bud!

My favorite roller coaster was the Son of Beast.

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Amy's Family Reunion

We traveled to Indianapolis for vacation this summer. Kirbi, McKenna, Pete, and Pepper all made the trip with us.

We drove up on Sunday 6/25 to Pierceton, IN for a family reunion, taking Amy's Dad Lowell with us. This reunion has been happening every year for the past 80+ years. These are folks on Amy's Dad's side of the family.

Click Here for some interesting pics of some interesting folks. We had a good time and some good food. My favorite folks were Amy's cousins... John Engle and his sons Michael and Nicholas... their pictures below.

We Visit The Tennessee Aquarium

The in-laws, Mark, Laura, and Jarrett, stopped in and stayed with us on their way down to Savannah, GA for vacation. We took the opportunity to take them and the kids to the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.

We were also graced with the presence of Kirbi's boyfriend D.J.

We had a great time. We got to pet rays and sharks... and go into a huge butterfly garden... or "flutterby" as Kirbi calls it.

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Kirbi and D.J. pet the rays


Jarrett and McKenna in the butterfly garden


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Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary!

Here's wishing my Mom and Dad a Happy Anniversary. Amy and I took them out to the Dalton Depot for dinner on January 14th.

Congratulations!




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Christmas in Indy Day 2

While opening gifts was great, I think our second day was a bit more eventful...

Laura showed us a new "dog bakery." No they don't bake dogs, they bake treats for dogs. You can bring your dogs and hang out or pick them up some special treats. I think Dalton, GA needs one of these! We met Marg Simmons who owns the place. She was great and showed us around.


And oh yea... the other exciting thing on this day... Pete and Pepper catch a rabbit. I did not get any pictures and the rabbit was not available for comment.

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Christmas in Indy Day 1 continued

Jarrett got a great "marble elevator contraption." it has an elevator and you build different configurations to move marbles around using the elevator and gravity. Pretty cool!

Jarrett and the "contraption"


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Christmas in Indy Day 1

Amy, the boys, and I drove up to Indianapolis on Friday to celebrate Christmas with Amy's family and also celebrate Mark's 40th birthday.

Here is a picture of my nephew Jarrett. He loves hot wheels and monster trucks. He had to show me what he got for christmas.


More to come from this trip.
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Christmas Eve 2005

We had a great Christmas this year. Kirbi and McKenna came over Christmas Eve and we opened gifts then went to Grandma and Grandpa Parks' house for lunch. Our friend Ron VanGelderen joined us as well, and we stuffed ourselves silly with the great food and desserts. Thanks to mom for having us over.

Ron was kind enough to take a family picture.



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Hope you had a Blessed and Merry Christmas

CP