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March 29, 2015

DSC_0152It has been a really cold weekend here! We’re hoping it’s the last of the wintry weather! Even in the cold weather (around 20 degrees) we ventured on a walk from a Claire & Eric’s house up to downtown Powell for the Saturday morning Easter Egg hunt. It is divided by age groups though this year they were all pretty sparse with kiddos given the weather. The eggs, however, were quite plentiful! When the horn sounded to begin the hunt Finn took off in a sprint, passing tons of eggs! He was really excited to go run 🙂 But he soon began to fill his froggy basket and had quite the take home of candies.  We walked to the Mean Bean to warm up with muffins and coffee and then made a pit stop at the Beehive Bread Company before walking back to Claire & Eric’s for a bit of play time. DSC_0074 DSC_0077 DSC_0078 DSC_0080 DSC_0082 DSC_0087 DSC_0066 DSC_0063 DSC_0073 DSC_0070 DSC_0092 DSC_0094 DSC_0099 DSC_0106I’ve been thinking lately about getting seeds started for our summer garden so after our Easter Egg fun we decided to head to the store to go shopping for some supplies. Finn loves planting the seeds and playing in the dirt. And before we got started he really enjoyed “building towers” with the soil pods.  Mind you many of the plants we started don’t require growing indoors and will likely do better directly sown in the garden outside. But we’re doing it all for the fun of growing things!IMG_20150328_120618452 DSC_0108 DSC_0114 DSC_0118 DSC_0121 IMG_20150328_153230993_HDR DSC_0126 DSC_0130 DSC_0132 DSC_0133 DSC_0135 DSC_0140 IMG_20150328_155554143 DSC_0148 DSC_0152

And here is our finished product: Beans, Beets, Kaleidoscope Carrots (many colors!), Cucumber, Baby Carrots, Butternut Squash, Zucchini, and Tomatoes.

 

 

DSC_0156 DSC_0157 DSC_0160After a good nap, we woke Finn up to head to the Columbus Crew SC game. It was a 7:30 game on a super cold night, but we bundled up, took an awesome seat warmer (it was so warm!!), a couple of blankets, and headed out! Finn did really well and had fun watching the game, eyeing spiderman (that he swore was across the field in a “box” where people enter the stadium), a helicopter, streamers, and the moon! From time to time he would say “no night night”. I think that because it was dark outside and he could see the moon we were going to put him to bed soon.  It was pretty cute. And when we got home he and daddy (and Lily too) played a quick game of dribble in the kitchen. crew game 3 28-2 DSC_0162 DSC_0167 DSC_0169Cammie has had a tough week of digestive problems – both bowels and vomiting. She is on a round of antibiotics that I’m hoping will help her. The first day or so she didn’t seem very spunky, but every day since she’s seemed ok. Though each morning she has gotten sick at some point during the night 🙁  This aging thing really isn’t fun – poor girl!

February 1, 2015

DSC_0270I took a day off this week to join my parents at Amy’s house along with all of the kids to make marshmallows!  We had three mixers all running simultaneously as we whipped up three batches of pure white marshmallows. All of the kiddos enjoyed pouncing on Grandpa for a good portion of the day, especially Finn.  He actually bounced right off the couch at the end of the afternoon and bonked his head pretty good on the wall, but he hardly cried and seemed ok.  Only to follow shortly thereafter with another bonk as he fell off Rody, the horse. It was definitely time to head home for a nap!DSC_0220 DSC_0222 DSC_0228 DSC_0232 DSC_0233 DSC_0235 DSC_0238 DSC_0240 DSC_0242 DSC_0246
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We had a fun and adventurous weekend beginning on Friday when we headed for a brief trip to Enon to go to Kevin’s high school, Greenon,  for a hall-of-fame induction ceremony for one of his high school class mates. The ceremony was in between the JV and Varsity boys basketball games and luckily we made it with about 15 minutes to spare before the ceremony! We even had a few minutes to walk the halls and find Kevin’s soccer team photo! There was a reception prior to the start of the varsity game, which Kevin attended while Finn and I explored the high school and watched a bit of the basketball game and cheerleaders. He was pretty mesmerized with all of the action, including the band. It was pretty loud! We were able to join Kevin at the end of the reception for a quick bite to eat before heading to Uncle Brett and Aunt Missy’s, where Grandma and Grandpa played with Griffin and the four of us headed out to meet up with Kevin’s classmates.  His high school class didn’t have a reunion last year, so this was a quickly put together gathering, but in the end there were about 15 or so who made it. I enjoyed getting to meet several of Kevin’s classmates, some of whom I’ve met before and others I hadn’t. It was a late night and an early morning, as Finn got up at about 7:40 as he stood up in his crib and said “pa pa”!  Saturday morning we enjoyed a tasty breakfast at Cracker Barrel with Grandma and Grandpa too and we then headed to Schuler’s Baker on the way out of town for some tasty take-home donuts for Sunday morning.  Yum. DSC_0278DSC_0281 DSC_0282IMG_20150131_244908909DSC_0283 DSC_0287 DSC_0290 DSC_0291 DSC_0294 DSC_0300 DSC_0302 IMG_20150131_115659847_HDRAnd here are a few other shots from the week.  Debbie, Sam, and Finn made a baby snow man, Finn plays IN Lily and Cam’s toy bucket, Finn working extra hard under the tool bench, and he and I catching some cuddles 🙂 photo (6) IMG_20150125_101641047_HDR IMG_20150127_205919481 IMG_20150124_124016499

January 25, 2015

DSC_0196The snow has begun coming down in Powell! Tonight Kevin and Griffin headed out to shovel the driveway so our little man could have some fun in the snow before bed. The snow was really heavy and wet so they made a cute little snowman!

DSC_0173 DSC_0170 DSC_0176 DSC_0178 DSC_0185 DSC_0197 DSC_0201 DSC_0210 DSC_0213 DSC_0162 DSC_0191We had a fun night in the big and bubbly tub this week too. Griffin would have stayed in there all night long if we would have let him! He loves the bubbles, all the cups and toys, and of course showing off for Lily. DSC_0130 DSC_0116 DSC_0131 DSC_0145 DSC_0152 DSC_0155Debbie and the boys had a fun week too, making playdough one day and then taking a fun trip to the Conservatory on Friday where they enjoyed walking all around the inside exhibits. They checked out the fish and plants and had a fun lunch. photo (2) photo (3)photo (4) photo (5)Saturday morning Millcreek was featured on the For Your Garden with Tom Wood segment on the Weekend Edition of Today on NBC4 Columbus.  It was a great opportunity for us to promote our nursery and talk about perennials and herbs with the public. We had 4 segments throughout the 8 am hour: an intro of Millcreek, Perennials, Propagation, and Herbs. Fred and I spoke in the Perennial segment. It was a fun experience!

You can watch it here:
For Your Garden with Tom Wood on the Weekend Edition of Today on NBC4

nbc4-1 nbc4-2That’s about all from here.  Have a great week!