Kentucky

The original reason for our trip back east was to attend the Stauffer family reunion at Sterling's sister's house in Kentucky. We came away without a single picture. It was an interesting time. The day we drove to Kentucky I cam down with a bad cold and a fever. Two days later Emma and Sterling joined me in my misery. We went through a lot of tissues and Tylenol. We didn't see much of Kentucky, but we did make a trip to the Instacare and the Walgreens. So that was fun.

We were able to enjoy some time with family. We played some super fun Minute to Win It type games. My niece gave me a fancy curly hair do. Great food. I had so much fun playing games with adults after the kids were in bed. My favorite thing was feeling like I was getting to know Sterling's family a little better. They have all been in the family for so long and I came along so much later that I sometimes feel like I don't know them very well, so this was great. One afternoon my two teenage nieces had everyone go around and tell their fall in love/engagement stories. They were fun to hear.

So, Kentucky...a rough part of our trip, but still pretty good.

More Ohio Vacation

Okay, I know it has been a few weeks, but I'm taking a break from mommy blogging tonight and updating the family blog. These are a few more pictures of our family trip to Ohio.

We visited Amish country in Berlin, Ohio. It was awesome!! They had a bakery and a cheese factory where you just walk through the aisles getting sample after sample. It was like Costco but 100x better. The cheese was my favorite.

 

Later that afternoon we went to a Rubbermaid store. On one floor they have a ton of kids toys that the kids can just get down and play with. It was great because it was completely empty, so Emma got to play with everything. Her favorites were the car and the shopping cart. She loved taking her baby and that giant bear for a ride.

 

Nicolette took me to walk around some gardens. They were really pretty, but it was so hot.

Emma loved playing with all of Claire's toys especially a talking Dora the Explorer house. 

We had so much fun in Ohio. It was beautiful and it was so fun to spend some time with the Brodericks. We have really missed them.Of everything that we did there our favorite part was just hanging out and laughing and sharing funny internet videos. Second favorite was the food. It was AMAZING! Also notable was seeing fireflies for the first time.I'm sorry for the two I squished as I attempted to catch them.