Monthly Archives: July 2015

July 26, 2015

Leave a reply

IMG_20150724_153603924_HDRSummer Fun.  We’ve been having lots of that lately and it’s been nice. Finn and I left one Friday afternoon to go to Goldfish for the open swim (where he has lessons), but realized on our way there that they aren’t open on Friday’s at lunch, but rather in the evening. Uh oh. I called a couple of local pools to see if they did day passes and they don’t. So I said, what the heck, we’re going to Zoombeezi Bay! We had “so much fun!”. We spent most of our time in the kid play pool that has several slides which he’s big enough to walk up and slide down by himself. We took a spin through the lazy river and also spent a bit of time in Baboon Lagoon where we got dumped on by a HUGE bucked of water from high above. I left my phone and all of our things in a locker and we just wondered around – so not really any photos, but lots of fun!IMG_20150724_172936353_HDR

Earlier in the week we had more water fun at the Dublin Bunny Park Splash Pad. First we went to the Peach Truck and picked up a large box of Georgia Peaches, yum! It was a fun afternoon with cousins 🙂

DSC_0019 DSC_0025 DSC_0026 DSC_0029 DSC_0035 IMG_20150720_145809434We also ventured “down town, big city” this week to a free kids event with friends at Bicentennial Park and the Scioto Mile.  It was themed Barnyard Palooza and Finn really enjoyed petting the farm animals, including a duck and chicken. There were also sheep, goats, and a turkey! We ended the afternoon at the Fountains and a nice lunch at Milestone 229. Yum.
IMG_20150722_122824598 IMG_20150722_123545046 IMG_20150722_124138348 IMG_20150722_141207397Kevin and I headed to the CD102.5 SummerFest concert at the LC Pavilion on Thursday evening. It was a beautiful night to hang outdoors and listen to several artists including Matt and Kim, and CAKE. The same evening Finn enjoyed a kid’s concert in Hilliard with Debbie and he had a great time!IMG_20150723_202351905_HDR IMG_20150723_221129916 photo(4) photo(1)-2We’ve lived in Ohio for upwards of 20 years and haven’t ever visited the Olentangy Indian Caverns. We were out running some errands and on a whim decided to stop and check it out. While we waited for our tour Finn played on the play set and spent some time with some baby deer the caverns have adopted (through a breeder). They are all females and have names. They come right up to you and will lick the salt right off your skin. Finn thought they were so fun. He really loves animals. IMG_20150725_120140418_HDRIMG_20150725_122431225IMG_20150725_122512533DSC_0045IMG_20150725_132124852DSC_0059IMG_20150725_132438217DSC_0061DSC_0068DSC_0069DSC_0070DSC_0072DSC_0075DSC_0082IMG_20150725_135204469DSC_0085We spent an evening at Jaime and Aaron’s house one night and the kiddos played like crazy. I only have one blurry phone pic where the kids where jumping off the ottoman and onto the couch. They were proud and happy!IMG_20150725_214842903

We made another blueberry pie this week and one day Debbie told me Finn insisted on having it for his snack day after we made it. I really wasn’t surprised as he’s usually heading to bed when it’s cooling off.  Sure looks like he enjoyed it!
IMG_20150722_210727030photo(2)-2

And here is a cute one of Debbie and Finn at the zoo.  He’s been having such a fun summer!photo(3)-2

July 19, 2015

Leave a reply

IMG_20150716_194900888Here’s Finn at our local spot, Liberty Tavern.  Sometimes he goes up to something and will say “take my picture”, which is what he did here!

I’ve been enjoying 1-2 days off each week and filling those days with fun activities with Griffin. This week I left the camera on the counter and just used my cell phone, which doesn’t take the greatest pics. But we hit up the pet store where he loves to venture around the store and look at all of the animals and hold as many as he can. He picks out a dog that he wants to hold and play with and then gets some time with the puppy in the play pens. He also seeks out the turtle too! Afterward we headed to the bookstore and picked out a couple of fun new books and played with the trains.IMG_20150715_113555205 IMG_20150715_113602918 IMG_20150715_113658912 IMG_20150715_114108348 IMG_20150715_120407592 IMG_20150715_120837712 IMG_20150715_132633655Somehow we seemed to fit in a couple trips to Graeter’s too. Finn has been venturing further away from us lately, in a good way, and overcoming some of his shyness. This particular night we were in line and he said to me “I’m going to go sit at the table”, which he did. It really surprised me as it was his own idea and there was another boy already sitting at the table and he normally wouldn’t want to go by himself. Sure enough he went and sat there and made a new friend.  So cute!IMG_20150713_192946042 IMG_20150719_203242141 IMG_20150719_202234610We also had a fun evening at the park with Daddy.IMG_20150713_195707500_HDR IMG_20150713_200240876

 

I was downtown early in the week for a trade show and at the end of the day hung out a bit at the North Market where I enjoyed a yummy coffee from Stauf’s. They seriously have the best coffee.  Kevin and I were also able to meet up for a late lunch at Si Senor, our favorite spot for lunch when we were dating. IMG_20150714_165322901Finn spent some more time in the kitchen this week making cupcakes with Debbie. They had lots of fun and he chose to make pink cupcakes “for mom because she really likes it”. He’s really a thoughtful boy 🙂photo photo(1) photo(2) photo(3)He’s been spending time learning about animals and “arting” as he calls it. Here he painted an alligator, turtle, and a snake. photo-2He continues to enjoy “swim lessons” and loves being in the water. Each week the kids get a “take home” reward and this week it was a medal that he and Graham are sporting here. IMG_20150718_112616649_HDROur little guy is a really great eater and regularly wants to try whatever we are eating. This is a sampling of his breakfast lately, and he eats all of it, sometimes 5 sausage links amongst fruit and eggs and other things! He is definitely growing bigger.IMG_20150719_090927670

July 12, 2015

Leave a reply

DSC_0586

FAMILY! This week was all about family! There was an Armstrong family reunion this week in Enon where family from near (Ohio) and far (LA, Texas, Seattle, etc) gathered for a tasty spread of food and fun at Steve and Cookie’s house. The kiddos played with water balloons and enjoyed watching Kevin fill them up all at one time with a fun kit we got at the store. Todd came to Ohio from LA and was able to spend a few days with us at our house too. Finn loved seeing and talking to him and we ventured to a Clippers game one night too. He has only seen him one other time, during the cruise for Brett and Missy’s wedding, which was a year and a half ago!  Plus, he loves that he can say his name and he’s pretty happy about it such that he constantly says “Todd, Todd, Todd” on a regular basis.

Finn and I made a blueberry pie one night and took it with us to the reunion. It was delish, and Finn was an excellent helper as his favorite tasks include dumping, mixing, and taste testing (see the video!).
IMG_20150707_195649564 IMG_20150707_200551045_HDR IMG_20150708_144537311

DSC_0448 DSC_0450 DSC_0453DSC_0461 DSC_0455 DSC_0462 DSC_0468 DSC_0471 DSC_0472 DSC_0473 DSC_0493 DSC_0500 DSC_0505 DSC_0522DSC_0612And of course there were plenty of family photos. Here’s where it all began, of course, the Armstrong siblings! Steve, Jim, Dave, Lora, and Mark.  And one with the spouses and a couple cousins included too. DSC_0616 DSC_0527

And almost all of the cousins. Everyone was there but Sean. Pictured left to right are Megan, Brett, Scot, Ashley, Jared, Kevin, Ryan, Todd, Jason, Juan, Carmen, Dylan, and Kara.DSC_0514 DSC_0510 DSC_0509

And then there are the cousins kiddos: August, Ora, Pierce, Quinn, Grace, Estelle, Griffin, and Margaret. DSC_0555

Here’s (almost) everyone who was there!DSC_0586

Here are the Scotts – Jessica, Juan, Lora, Jon, Dylan, Carmen, and Kara.  DSC_0477 DSC_0480 CSC_0482And the Armstrongs: silly Margaret, Megan, Mark, and Ryan.DSC_0489 DSC_0484

And a few photos from our trip to the ballpark to see the Clippers with Todd. IMG_20150711_180515849IMG_20150711_182949466IMG_20150711_183436965IMG_20150711_183550547IMG_20150711_192154566IMG_20150711_195253419IMG_20150711_203458466IMG_20150711_211540827IMG_20150711_215239594We ended the weekend with a family dinner at our house. It was a hot day, but a sunny one, so Finn spent some time playing soccer outside with Todd and Grandpa. And one more family photo!DSC_0003 DSC_0005 DSC_0012And Finn had a fun week with Debbie too with adventures to a fun play day down at Bicentennial park where he planted seeds, met Lou Seal, and had fun in the sun!photo(3) photo photo(2) photo(1)