Christmas in Ohio!

We jetted to Ohio on Dec. 20!

We had hamburgers at our favorite joint.

Karena and Aubrey supplied a huge poster for the kids to color.

We went for a walk.

The weather was much warmer than usual.

We found an old dynamite shed.

Emry hamming it up.

The hunting blind was higher than we thought it would be.

Presents from Karena and Aubrey.

A fun race track.

A dancing game on the Wii at Karena's house.

Andan teaching Evren how to make coffee.

Flight home became drive home due to Covid.

Sad to say goodbye to Ohio.

Dad had some gifts waiting when we got home.

Gingerbread house fun from Karena and Aubrey.

Emry is still perfecting his fake smile.

Pottery time fun supplied by Karena and Aubrey.

 

September and October

Grandma made a fun treasure hunt game for the grandkids. 

It started with finding a number in an egg in the swimming pool.

Swinging fun

The girls made these fairy wings. They love arts and crafts.

Emry and his new haircut. 

The girls working hard on their projects. 

Face masks they got from a party. 

Our dear Canova Rhodes. 

We got to see Rebekah Murray after 20 years! 

The Bungers brought her up for a visit.

The girls put on a puppet show for us about the tortoise and the hare.

Caramel apples were a hit!

Evren thoroughly enjoyed it.

They have the whole yard, but they want to be on top of each other.

Trick or treating was buckets of fun.

 Harry Potter on a scooter.

Summer's End

The kids start school on Aug 23.

Until then the fun doesn't stop.

The sleepover with the cousins included swimming,

painting magnets,

and "school". Emry got to be the teacher for a while.

He held up letter cards and they called out the letters.

Emry was pretty excited about how he had organized his toys.

Squishy face.

Waiting for his turn at swimming lessons.

The big kids had to tread water for 10 min. This was at the beginning. 

By the end only their noses were above water.

Making clay cake slices.

Maren made a little penguin.

Emry made a robot. 

We went to wish Pop a happy 88th birthday! He was very sleepy.

Guess which book captured all of the boy's attention?

Poop Detectives 

(about how dogs use their noses)

Playing "Marco Polo" with Grandma

Emry turns 4 on Sept. 8.

He got an early birthday present.

We went to visit our sweet Canova.

She gave the girls some porcelain dolls which they will treasure.