Ohio...

We had another fun trip to Ohio for the July 4th week.  Very hot but it didn't seem to slow the kids down too much.  We managed it well with lots of water time!! 

Fishing at the pond.  Didn't last long, too hot and not enough biting for the kids to keep interest...

Lots of visitors that week.  My cousin came on Sunday with his three kids. Paige was loving having girls to hang out with for the day.  We broke out the slip n slide and the sprinkle which became staples the whole week...

Girls dancing for us all...

We headed to the Columbus Zoo first chance we got. The kids (especially Luke, our animal lover) always look forward to it...

Our first time at the Gahanna 4th of July parade. LOTS of candy, which Luke loved....

Jay - playing the part of the Midwest dad, very well I may add....

 Kids didn't sleep together by design but often ended up together...

 Grandpa and Paige....

To get out of the heat, we went to COSI one day - the children's science museum in downtown Columbus.  Another fav for the kids...

 I-MAX....3D!

 Water fun!

 Learned all about the animals and got to touch some...

Creekside for bfast on our last day and feeding the ducks...

Lots of time at the pool.  Kids LOVED it.  Didn't understand the concept of "adult swim" every hour on the hour but soon caught on.  Gotta learn the rules of the swim clubs kids....