Summer Trips to the Zoo

Grandpa Don and Grandma Phyllis were generous enough to get us a zoo pass last Christmas. It has been such a wonderful gift that we have utilized many, many times this summer!

Here we are one our first trip to the zoo back in April.

In May, we went with Harper and Elise. Here is Harper enjoying the train ride as much as Lydia does!

We went to the zoo with G'mama on a cool morning in June - it was perfect!

Then, we went with Aunt CC on one of the hottest days in June ~ but we still had a blast!

We celebrated Aunt Cassie's birthday at the zoo in July, and Aunt Olivia came, too!

In August, Grandma Phyllis went to the zoo with us!

We hope that Daddy will be able to enjoy the zoo with us soon. We are looking forward to more zoo trips this fall, and we are looking forward to the cooler weather! Thanks again Grandpa Don and Grandma Phyllis!

A Surprise From Granny

For as long as I've been alive, my grandparents lived in south-east Ohio very close to the original Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande, Ohio. As a child, we would go to the farm/restaurant for dinner each time we went to visit. Like all fabulous grandparents, each time we went, they allowed us to pick out a little treasure from the gift shop to take home. A couple weekends ago, my sister, Cassie, went to visit my granny, and they went to Bob Evan's for lunch. While they were there, they picked out this little treasure for Lydia.

Lydia loves her new toy! She takes the animals out of the barn, then puts them back in. She squeezes the animals to hear the noises each makes. She puts the animals in her baby doll stroller, and sometimes she lines them all up on the bottom step of our staircase. And her new trick is to hold all the animals and the barn all at once,...

...and then drop them and let them all hit the floor! What great farm fun!!!

Camping

A few weeks ago, we met Josh's parents at their campsite at Winton Woods for Lydia's first camping experience.

We ate yummy food cooked over the camp fire.

Lydia got to walk Zoey...

...or maybe it was Zoey who got to walk Lydia.

And, Lydia played on the playground.

We ended the evening with delicious smores, and then went home and curled up in our own cozy beds! That's my kind of camping!