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