Homestead Water Forts

We love the parks here in Ohio. There are lots of beautiful, large, gorgeously landscaped, fun parks. We love the Homestead park near our house. It has many play areas, but they kids loved this day we played on the water forts. There are forts and hideouts and water guns attached to them. It was so fun to watch them get braver and braver with the water and guns.

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GIRL!


We had an ultrasound last week and we found out we are having a girl. We are super excited to add another sweet girly to our family. Her arrival date still looks like lucky 11-11-11. We can't wait to meet her!

Update

Our internet has been down for a bit, but things are going well here in Ohio. It is starting to really heat up. We are enjoying the pool and just today we finally got grass at our house. The kids have enjoyed the mud and dirt, but I'll be happy to not do baths 3x a day. And we were lucky to have our friends Brady and Laurel come for a visit too. It was so much fun to see them and their cute little Paisley. I hope we will get together again soon.

Hocking Hills

Last week we visited one of the beautiful places that I've ever seen, Hocking Hills. We went to Old Man's Cave and saw the most beautiful landscapes and waterfalls. We took some good pictures, but I feel like it doesn't even do it justice. Afterwards we found a really good BBQ place to eat at. We enjoyed the day so much we are looking forward to making the trip there again, and next time we will bring our swimsuits.

Zoombezi Bay

olumbus Zoo has a fun water park attched to it. We were able to snag a couple tickets to the grand opening. We had so much fun. Kynnady and Harper really enjoyed the slides and getting wet. It took Porter a little while to warm up to the chilly water, but he for sure didn't want to leave when it was time. Some of my friends watched the kids so me and a friend of mine were able to go on a big water ride called the cyclone. I think we screamed like 12 year old girls. It was so much fun! It was a great way to start the summer.






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Kirtland

We were able to go visit church sites in Kirtland, Ohio. It was such a neat place to see. Just like when we were in Nauvoo, we had really rainy, cool weather, but I'm so grateful that we were able to make the trip.







In the room of the school of the prophets, Harper was so sweet. The twins were very tired that day and they weren't so excited to reverently tour the sites. Ky had to take Porter out and I was nervously watching Kynnady and Harper so they didn't touch things they weren't supposed to. Harper carefully sat so quietly on a stool and listened to the missionaries tell us about the history. The sister missionary afterwards commented on what a sweet spirit little Harper had in that room as she listened to their words. She may have not understood their words, but everyone in the room was able to feel the Spirit.



Joseph's and Emma's bed

a baby bottle- Kynnady guessed what this was. I had no idea

the family bath tub







The Kirtland church history sites were beautiful. Afterwards we were able to go to the Kirtland temple. It was interesting to see. A beautiful building and we enjoyed learning some of the history, but misssed the peace and joy felt in a dedicated house of the Lord.

Anthony-Thomas Candy Factory

We were able to tour the Anthony-Thomas Candy factory. It was fun to see how they make yummy candy and it was even funnier sampling it. The kids are standing by a huge $3500 piece of chocolate. I wanted to buy it, but my belly is growing big enough on its own :)