So this weekend we left rainy Ohio for sunny Indiana and a much-overdue visit to some favorite family members. Friday morning, wombat finally received the good news that he passed the Ohio Bar Exam! I found out while watching the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and promptly woke him up by jumping on the bed. Once he celebrated with a couple beers, thanks to dad at work, we were on our way. The drive was pretty uneventful until we were nearly there and saw a........
FOX!
Since we arrived in the evening, this sly guy was taking advantage of the twilight and likely catching some field rodents. Anyway, we were lucky enough to get to my cousin Sara and Ben's house before their 2-almost-3 yr old daughter, Maddie, had to go to bed. She dried off from taking her bath just in time to show us her awesome doll house!
We chatted and snacked for a couple hours, but everyone was pretty tired after a long week and we headed to bed shortly after.
The next morning, we slept in a little and I came down to see some fun cat gymnastics from Sammy, their flame-point Siamese as he was reaching for his food from cousin Ben:
Sara and Ben provided us with a yummy breakfast of fresh fruit salad with bagels and schmear, and then we headed up to Cousin Emily and Dave's house, since their 3-yr old daughter, Ava, was feeling better after having a slight fever the previous day. Cousin Dave and Uncle Dave were already busy working on laying new wood floors in the living room:
It's pretty amazing how much the house had been transformed since the last time I saw it.....and I wish I had remembered to take pictures of the new kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, closets, and laundry room, but I did happen to get a good look at Ava's secret playroom, which uses a kid-sized door off the side of her bedroom:
Definitely a kids room! Then both girls got a ride out by Ben, the horsie:
While the guys continued their tireless work on the flooring, I finally had a chance to see the poultry haha. Here are the chickens, Chickasaurus, Henrietta, and Squirt?; the rooster, Mo; and the ducks, Ming-Ming and Quackers. Chickasaurus got a bath, while Mo had to have time out for being a bad rooster.
You can see Emmy's bump in this last pic :) The poor thing is carrying so high and narrow so it looks like she has a basketball in there haha! She's gained less weight than I have, but she's due much sooner, end of June. Sara is due early July, and I'm about 7-8 weeks later. Here is a cute pic of all of us from the side:
By the way, those chairs were very comfy and I might have to find some for our new patio, once we finish it.
Emily made us a really yummy lunch - finger sandwiches, lots of fruits and veggies, potato salad, and Aunt Carol's amazing cookies. By then, the guys had made lots of progress on the floor:
Here is a cute little video of Maddie's bubble-blowing:
Dinner was also good - burgers on the grill, prepared by wombat, and more yummy snacks.....we are always very well fed after visiting our Indy family! Ava definitely had a full day:
After dinner, we headed back to Ben and Sara's, and actually had the energy to stay up until nearly midnight talking, which is a record for me haha. However, I still fell asleep the second my head hit the pillow. We left around noon the next day to get home in time to pick up Jack from my mom's.....but not until we had a lovely brunch of quiche-like egg dish (very good, highly recommend!), organic smoked apple bacon from a local butcher, and more fruit and bagels. I feel so well-fed, yet healthy!
Thanks to our awesome family for a great weekend! <3
Note to self (since this is a journal of sorts): Sunday, May 1, 2011 also marks the day that Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. We found out after arriving home, around 11 pm.
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