Tis the season for family reunions! About two weeks after our travels to visit with Wilmarth family members, we headed out to Cleveland for a long weekend with family and friends there. It was such a great trip!
We left on Wednesday and arrived early enough for a fun dinner with Ashley, Adam, and cousins John, Mary, and Ezra, who is just a smidge older than Owen. About 20 minutes before we left, Owen looked over and finally realized there was another boy his size and got sort of excited... before he became distracted by a cool car. Clearly they aren't ready for full-on playing together yet. Maybe during our next visit!
Thursday, we walked to Lakewood Park with Aunt Sue. We played on the swings, climbed towers, and walked to Lake Erie to see a great view of Cleveland. Later, we hit the zoo with Papa Seahorse. We saw giraffes, bears, wolves, and many other "ammals," as Owen calls them. Julia got to ride on the carousel with Papa Seahorse twice and Owen let her ride in the stroller while he enjoyed the zoo on foot. Later, Dan and Agi watched the kids so we could have dinner with our friends Brendan and Carolyn. Thanks, guys!
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| Aunt Sue at the park |
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| You're never too old to ride the dinosaurs! |
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| A little blurry, but you can see how much fun she was having |
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| Carousel ride #1. Later, they rode on some cool animals. |
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| While Julia strolled, Owen enjoyed a view from the top! |
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| Visiting the brown bear. He even tried to pose for the photo :) |
On Friday, we spent the day with Aunt Diana, Ray, Michael, and Gram Polivchak. The kids had a really fun time picking strawberries in Great Aunt Diana's yard and swimming. Joe and Ray also went over to watch Michael play a baseball game. We hung out all day and had a relaxed and fun visit! Later that night, we also had dinner with Ashley, Adam, Dan and Agi. What a nice way to end the day.
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| Taking a break from the water |
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| Having a blast with Great Aunt Diana |
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| Showing off the fruits of her labor before she devoured them :) |
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| Gram and her (sometimes cheesy) grandsons |
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| Jules with Aunt Diana after a fun day of swimming and playing. Thanks for being a wonderful hostess, Aunt Diana! |
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| Great Gram with Julia and Owen |
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| Gram with her grandsons and great grandkids. We missed you, Ashley!! |
On Saturday, we headed over to Bain Park for a Tyna family reunion. It was great to see lots of family that we haven't seen for WAY too long. We also had a chance to meet and hang out with a bunch of baby cousins that are around Owen's age or younger.
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| Ezra, showing off his awesome fedora hat. The only downside is that you can't see his adorable curls. |
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| It was a hot day, so we played in the fountain at the park! |
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| I love this one... the photo and the kid :) |
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| Cousin Shayla, enjoying the water |
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| Aunt Ashley supervised |
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| My handsome hubby |
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| Joe and Aunt Sue |
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| Cousins, Dougie and Finn. This was our first time meeting 10-month-old Finn! |
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| Ashley and Adam with Eddie and Nancy, who were in from Chicago |
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| Julia won this container of over 2,000 Skittles... which is now halfway gone at our house... I blame you, Aunt Suz! |
We had such a wonderful Cleveland visit. Thanks to everyone who hosted us and made time in their schedule to spend time together. We miss you all!!
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