7/19 Blog - only four days until my sister visits

The countdown is on. This Friday my sister and her family are coming out to visit. We saw them in April, but it has been a couple of years since they came out to Cincy for a visit so we are looking forward to it. I had suggested that she send her two middle children out here for a couple of weeks this summer. I knew we couldn't get to NY with our cruise scheduled when it was, so asked if they could come out. They seemed really keen but I wasn't sure she would let that happen. But I pushed and she said yes, but only for one week.

She was going to drive out with them, leave her car here then fly back home, return flight a week later and then drive back. That seemed crazy so we suggested letting them fly alone, but she didn't want to do it. So now the good news is her entire family is driving out arriving on Friday, even John (the baby) and Emily (the oldest). So we get an entire weekend with all 6 of them before they head back. Katie and Jake will spend the week here and then Gina is flying out to get them. We just booked tickets tonight with miles, etc...because we had all hoped Uncle Matt would come out and they could drive back with him, but we couldn't pull that one off.

So we are all set. Now we get to plan the fun stuff. I think it will be Kings Island amusement park on Saturday and canoeing on the Little Miami on Sunday. Hopefully the weather will hold out. With work as stressful as it has been, and boy has it been the last 3 days...I can't wait to be hanging out with family and showing them the sights all weekend, not thinking of work at all. Now I just need to get through that "to do" list for the house before Friday...