So, its been well over a month since our trip, but better later than never with the updates, right? We had SO much fun in Ohio! We went to visit Ben, Nancy and James (and Sam, the dog too) and had an absolute blast! Ohio is full of wonderful things for families. While we were there, we ran a 5k, visited the zoo (which has to have its very own entry, which i’ll be doing later), went to a working historical farm, picked our own apples at a local orchard (we picked fuji, one of my faves!), went to North Market, visited a crazy bookstore called the Book Loft (it has 32 rooms! we had to carry cell phones in case we got lost), celebrated Hank’s birthday at a restaurant in the German Village (its called Schmidt’s and you can see photos of that adventure on Hank’s birthday entry), went on many hikes, ate lots of delicious food and enjoyed every second with Ben, Nancy and James. Here are some photos from our trip in no particular order:
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- playing in the leaves at the farm
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- Hank loved the slide
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- on the plane with Dad
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- picking apples
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- James likes his car seat
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- watching the chickens at the farm
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- Hank didn’t like sharing his parents with James
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- Hank and Daddy
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- our family at the park
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- the leaves were changing while we were there
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- pumpkins
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- so delicious
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- eating an apple in the car
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- yum!
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- a big smile for Dad
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- Hank’s birthday celebration at Schmidt’s
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- Hank picks an apple
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- apples make great car snacks
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- a worker shucks black beans at the farm
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- having fun with Sam
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- with Dad at the farm
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- James choose two pumpkins
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- beautiful fall colors
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- pre-Halloween fun
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- playing in the tunnel
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- Tyler at work
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- checking out the turnips and potatoes
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- its my birthday!
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- with James and Hank
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- Hank and Sam
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- climbing at the playground
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- Tyler taking photos
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- hank bundled up for yet another walk
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- James and the giant tree
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- here we are with all our luggage
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- Hank was disappointed to have to leave the park
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- Ben and James
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- Hank’s first chocolate chip cookie
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- Hank says “hi” to Dad
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- so much beautiful nature
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- fun with a leaf
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- Tyler with his two babies
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- reading together
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- pre-flight reading
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- James and the giant leaf
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- eating another apple (at the airport)
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- by the chickens at the farm
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- with Ben and James at The Book Loft
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- Nancy and James in the apple orchard
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- hanging out in James’ chair
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- checking out all the pumpkins
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- James lent Hank his kangaroo costume
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- James in the apple orchard
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- James likes the sticks
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- Ben, James and Nancy at the farm
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- picking apples
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- our family at Schmidt’s
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- with Dad and Uncle Ben at the park
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- on the plane
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- the pond at one of the parks we visited
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- Hank picked this apple and wanted to taste it right away
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- no photos please
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- James and Nancy on a hike
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- James plays football with his Uncle Tyler
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- in the car
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- playing with Uncle Ben
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- before our 5k
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- picking leaves at the park
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- in the pumpkins
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- before our 5k
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- Hank really enjoyed the apples
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- Hank loved the leaves here
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- on a hike
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- on a hike, James likes sticks
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- all bundled for the 5k
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- in the orchard
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- James runs to his daddy
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- Nancy shows James how her new sling works
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- so the stroller isn’t “all” terrain
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- choosing pumpkins
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- on a hike in the woods
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- loved the colorful leaves
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- Hank chose these gourds
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- James and a tall tree
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- with Uncle Ben at North Market
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- Hank actually pulled a marble off the run
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- hey, Hank, want to play?
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- Hank on the playground
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- yes, you amass quite a lot of luggage when traveling with a baby
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- on the way home from the apple orchard
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- with James at bday party
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- only in a college town is there a laundry-mat-bar
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- Hank loved James’ chair
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- watching the pigs at the farm
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- cute, but super smelly
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- after our 5k
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- James loves apples
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- having fun on the boat dock
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- outside the piglets’ pen
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- the apples we picked in the orchard
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- he loved this wheel at the playground
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- James really liked this tree
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- the boys throwing leaves
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- playing with the marble run at the farm
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- on one of the trails
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- on the slide
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- we thought this tree was beautiful
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- playing in the leaves
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- Hank was fascinated by the big cabbage
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- reading books together
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- saying goodbye to Columbus
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- our apple harvest
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- James chooses a pumpkin
