Canton

Our final stop on our Spring Break '08 tour was in Canton to visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The kids liked most of the stuff there, but Zach commented that a lot of the stuff was "about old guys". Zach did like finding Anthony Munoz, since he wore number 78 for the Bengals, and that was Zach's number in football last year. The highlight for the boys was that they got to play Madden '08 in one of the interactive displays at the end of the tour. (Never mind that they can play that game at our house whenever they like.)



The Hall had a few exhibits under construction, so we got 4 bonus passes to use later this year. Not sure if we'll be needing to go back that soon, but it was a fun stop to make on the way home from Cleveland.

Cavs vs Hornets

 

In our continuing Spring Break tour, we drove up to Cleveland for a Cavs game Wednesday night against the New Orleans Hornets. Cole won a free ticket to the game though a school fundraiser, and the rest of us bought tickets. It was a weeknight game, but since it was during spring break, it worked out well. As part of the deal, Cole got to go out on the court pre-game and shoot baskets with a bunch of other kids. The 2nd picture is of him shooting, although its mostly just a blur of Cole and ball.

It was a good game, but the Cavs came up short. LeBron had them up 1 with about 10 seconds left, but Chris Paul and David West did them in right before the buzzer.

Spring in KY

We made a quick spring break trip to Kentucky to see a couple of sights. We went with our friends Vic and Laura Villegas and their kids Sara(8) and David(5).

We first went to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Sara is fond of horses and takes riding lessons. It was a bitter spring day, but all of us Hankinses went on a horse ride with Sara and Laura.

After finishing up at the Horse Park we drove a couple of hours and spent the night in Bowling Green. Then the next morning we drove up to Mammoth Cave. Unfortunately, Cole was under the weather that morning, so he and Pam had to skip the tour. Zach and I went on a 3 hour cave tour that included a lunch inside the cave. After we got back, Cole was feeling a little better. We were able to take all 4 of us on a quick self-guided tour of the main cave entrance, so that Pam and Cole could see a little bit of the cave before we headed home.

Easter

We don't normally spend Easter at our house, but did this year, since GrandJane was off getting getting her Ellie fix. (Ellie was much more "Eastery" in her dress than either of our boys were.)

We had the Alkires over for some ham and the kids did a brief egg hunt, mostly so they could get to the treats inside the eggs.

The rest of the afternoon was spent playing with the new Wii we just got. So far nothing has been broken, but it only be a matter of time.

Blizzard

We are socked in this weekend by a serious snowstorm. They've been saying "blizzard warning" on all the tv stations, but I don't think we're getting the 35mph winds that are needed for an official blizzard. Whatever you call it, it's a lot of snow. It started coming down Friday morning and hasn't let up much yet. It should calm down later this afternoon.

I took this picture of our back patio around 11am, while it was still coming down. There were 13 inches on top of the patio table, and I'm sure some of it must have blown off.

The kids are enjoying it, even thought they didn't get to miss any school for it.