Ohio Trip

We had all kinds of good reasons to visit Rachael and Ian in Ohio: a) They have a new baby that we needed to meet!!!  b) They're so fun to hang out with.  c) They have this great restaurant Cone'n'Shake that Craig keeps not getting to experience.  d) They also have Whit's Frozen Custard, which we love.  And e) Tracy and Adam (and Cora!) were all going to be there, too!

So, obviously, we needed to drive up to Ohio and take care of all these things.  We came at the end of Tracy and Adam's trip so we wouldn't take over all their time with Rachael and Ian.  And it was so great to see everyone!!!!  AND, I continued my streak of taking a lot of pictures!  So enjoy:


Since we were only going to see Tracy and Adam for about 24 hours, I wanted to actually arrive early and make the most of that time.  So we left the house at 7am and got there around noon.  I was so proud of us for making that happen, but it sort of backfired because I was SO TIRED all afternoon then...  Oh, well.  We try!

The FIRST thing we did was scoop up that new nephew and give him lots of snuggles!  Clayton was very good and stayed asleep for us!

Colton LOVES holding babies

And then Camille wants to do whatever Colton does!

These mag-snaps were a HUGE hit with kids and adults alike!

Craig was so tired he didn't notice the kids napping with him...

We stopped by this exercise park and had fun...

Nolan is THE HULK.  He's also a HUGE fan of Ryder!  He followed him everywhere he could!

I wish I could have seen this tree before it died-- that is a HUGE stump!

This is what our kids do when you tell them they can be cool...

Harrison liked to hug/tackle Colton

Cora is still very cute!

More baby holding!

We got Clayton to look at the camera for this one!

Bentley continues to enjoy taking creepy pictures with my phone...

Milk coma!

Snuggly Harrison!

Our second day there, Ian took us to the farm where one of his nurses lives.  It was so pretty and fun to see all the animals!

Colton also loves all dogs

So many piglets!!!

Harrison loves his daddy!

The cows actually let Camille pet them!  (This was only noteworthy because every time Bentley tried to pet them, they'd hustle away from him...)

Admiring the chickens

Kendra caught this chicken and then it immediately leaned against her-- who knew chickens could be snuggly?

And they had a very sweet bunny, too!

Their daughter took each of the kids racing around in this-- Camille was a BIG fan!

I spent a lot of time getting my baby fix!

Craig was very proud of this tower that used ALL the mag-snaps!

And we spent an evening at Ian's PA's pool!

I love getting pizza at the pool-- such a perfect combination!

Bentley managed to build a tower taller than himself!

On our last day, I showed Rachael how to make my favorite beef skewers, and we also had watermelon and chips-- yay for outdoorsy, 4th of July weekend foods!

And finally, before Tracy and Adam had left, we arranged this photo:

Everyone is wearing Bay Hay and Feed shirts!!!  Credit goes to Bentley for scouting out this perfect location!

So good to see a couple of my sisters!  Now I need to figure out how I can visit Leah and Natalie (and my parents)!!!