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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Back to Ohio

We had a chance to go back to Ohio just two weeks after we were there.
This time it would be to get together with my brothers and sisters,
nieces and nephews and their kids.
It was too much for Tom to do again but
Jen and I brought her kids and our redheads.
Thomas, Natalie and Miss Molly met us there the next day.
My brother and SIL hosted us.
Putting some of us up in their house and
some in their camper set up on their property.

The kids all had a great time together.
We had two full days and
two half days to spend with them and
they never got tired of each other.


The property there is beautiful.
There was a stream and woods
There was even a huge sand pile
 and a large pond.
They were filthy the whole week end



Lily, Jillian and Sami

My niece with her son, Ethan
My brother 1986
The tractor was smaller and so were those shorts


Jack


Emily Ann




Some of our grandchildren and
some of my brother's




Luke (10), my brother's oldest grandson and
Jack(6), ours, loved the woods!


 
Lily loved our niece's boys

SMORES!





They were calling my SIL Grandma by the time we left


My brother was very protective


Second cousins
Ben was 3 in May and
Lily was 4 in June
She love those boys


Did I say she loves those boys

Ethan will be two on September 25







SPARKLERS!




The next day was the big get together


A lot of great time in the past years sitting around these picnic tables
 

Jack, Jillian, Emily, Lily and Ella



Making mud
and fun


My Godson




We do have one redheaded nephew (Simon, in the background)
although this picture isn't very good




I think by this time the parents stopped
 saying"don't get dirty"
 

celebrating
she was so happy all week end


sisters

That shirt never did come clean

Mark with his grandson, Simon

watching Simon


I think that tractor was Matt's when they were boys



My sister, Cookie, her daughter, Christine and her boyfriend, David

My niece's son, Bennett (Kim's grandson) loved Miss Molly
 
but not as much as Bennett's big sister, Aislinn.
She is the oldest cousin and held Molly Marie most of the picnic
Then Sami wanted to go under the fountain in the middle of the pond.
Uncle Matt said "sure, if your dad takes you"
Thomas took all the kids on a trip or two


It was a beautiful day!

I sat on the edge of the pond with the kids while they waited for their turns




Paddle, paddle,paddle
When our kids were younger
they had a dock and a canoe





We even fed the fish some cheese and bread




 

Thomas and Natalie

The little kids wanted to play volley ball
Then they lost the ball

I slept in the house each night with one of the kids
The night of the big picnic I told Sami I'd be right back
She was asleep when I got back



Camper snack

We got a chance to visit our niece, Rachel's house
We stopped by Rob and Brittany's house but for some odd reason
I got no pictures


Beautiful front yard
Jack and Jillian

Then they went ice skating
Why not?















Rachel's husband, Matt, and their 3 year old son, Ben.
He is learning to skate so he can play hockey



They were wore out but got up the next day to visit
Uncle Mark and Aunt Sue at their campsite in Mantua
to do some swimming
of course the puddles from rain the night before were fun too


This is the same lake we used to walk to
 every day during the summer as kids















Uncle Mark and Aunt Sue had all kinds of things for the kids to do
You wouldn't know they only have one grandchild

Aunt Sue Ann burnt the popcorn for Ella
because that's the way they both like it

Krystal and Miss Molly Marie
We got a chance to visit a Dennison niece too!

Natalie and landon
We went to his baptism a couple of weeks ago but never even got to hold him
 so we made sure that didn't happen again

Miss Molly liked Landon's crib

Natalie loved Krystal's piano
They got rid of theirs when they moved


Thank you Aunt Sue and Uncle Mark
for the frozen drink too
Grams needed it by then


Then it was Monday morning and time to leave.
They were exhausted but happy

breakfast on the deck

Thank you Matt and Sue for a great time and
to Cookie for making it happen.
We shouldn't wait so long next time
Love you all