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Ali has enjoyed hanging out with the family this summer.  Everyone has been getting some one on one Ali time in....

Fourth!

We had a great weekend on the Cape for the Fourth.  Lots of hanging out with the cousins which the kids loved.  The annual lobster dinner at Mimi's...always a hit and the beach/pool!

Lots of pictures....

She belongs on the beaches of So Cal -

Visit with the Hazards -

One of the great things (maybe the only GREAT thing) about driving vs flying to Ohio is that we get to pit stop in PA and visit our good friends the Hazards.  The kids always look forward to stopping at Cooper and Brandt's house.  Like us, they have grown by one since our last get together.  Their little guy, Grady, is actually only 2 weeks older than Ali.  We spent one night with them and tried to pack in as much fun as we could handle before getting back on the road. 

Paige and Brandt watering the plants -

 They took us to their country club for a fun day of swimming -

 Ali's first real dip in the pool.  She was lovin it, showing off her swimsuit ready summer bod -

 Pool selfie -

 Getting to know each other. 

Trip to Ohio -

This year, we headed to Ohio as soon as school got out.  Lucky for us it wasn't as hot as in years past. We hit all the usual spots: Columbus Zoo, Skyline, OSU campus, fishing and playing in the backyard.  We tried out a water park this year which will surly become a staple as the kids LOVED it.  We left Ali girl at home for most of the outings.  She was able to spend some one on one time with G&G so it was perfect.  

Kids love to slip n slide -

Played a lot with the neighbor kids -

The Ohio hot and humidity left poor Ali with a head sweat spot in her car seat, HA -

Grandma did a monkey breakfast again this year.  Kids asked for it & love it -

Loves of time hanging out with Grandpa -

And playing on the back deck in boxes -

Love the belly sleeping shots -

Trip to the OSU campus. Trying to brainwash the kids early to become a Buckeye.  We each bough a new OSU something at the campus store -

Posing with Woody -

We got into the stadium which was sweet!  Can't wait to take the kids to a game -

Uncle Dave came with us -

Future Buckeye QB?  A mom can dream, can't she?

Mirror lake was under construction but we walked around & to the oval -

The Union, completely redone and much nicer then the ghetto one during my day -

The next day, we headed to the zoo.  We always love this trip.  The kids (mainly Luke) looks forward to it all year.  

A few years ago they added the kangaroo section.  You can walk in and get up close and personal with the kangaroos.  They hop all around you.  Pretty cool!

Had to stop for the dip-n-dots -

The African section is new this year.  It is really nice.  Looks like a savanna with all kinds of animals roaming around.  Luke was so psyched to see this new section -

The best part of the zoo (in our opinion) is the new cheetah section.  They raised these cheetahs with yellow labs.  They look just like Marley.  Apparently cheetahs are nervous animals and being raised w the dogs helps calm them.  They are now all litter mates as far as they are concerned. It is wild watching them all run around together and play.  We think Marley would have been a good cheetah mate too!

Luke was picked for a dung beetle demo (of all things!) -

The water park was a huge hit!  Kids loved it.  It is huge with so many slides and fun things to do.  I think the favorite was the wave pool.  Kids loved it!

We had to get out yearly Skyline fix -

Fishing.  Caught a biggie -