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August 21, 2016

IMG_8684This week Kevin and I had fun with friends on a trip to see Chris Stapleton and Hank Williams Jr at Blossom Music Center. It had been planned for quite awhile to celebrate Chris Howards birthday and it was nice to hang out and have some fun after the recent passing of Chris’ dad. Six of us headed up for the night to hang and have some fun. We had lawn seats and as you’ll see – it poured rain for about 20 minutes just as we were parking in the grass lot. So, that meant quite a soggy experience and muddy feet (for me)! But the show was great and the company was lots of fun.  Finn had a fun night with Grandma and Grandpa Beilstein! He and I headed there Friday morning and after I got picked up to head north, Finn and Papa did some hosta watering (or as it may have been – jumping in the mud puddles!). Grandma and Grandpa also built a cool tower almost as big as Finn! This is really only the second time we’ve left Finn for an overnight without us (ironically the last time was when he was 1 year old and that was at Mom and Dad’s too, when we went to see David Nail in concert in Medina – something about concerts and northern Ohio!). IMG_8683 IMG_8680 IMG_8681 IMG_8685
IMG_8689 IMG_8702 IMG_8693 IMG_8704 IMG_8733 IMG_8734 IMG_8730IMG_8674Earlier in the week, Finn and I took our Lils to the vet specialist to have two of her teeth checked out at the recommendation of our Vet who did a dental cleaning a month or so ago. Turns out she had an upper large molar extracted and a lower molar root canal! She was a champ and Finn really enjoyed being able to take her in and hold her leash while we talked to Dr. Tom (who by the way, is an awesome vet). Walking in to his office in Hilliard is almost like walking through a tropical garden, apparently he has quite a green thumb. IMG_8634 IMG_8637 IMG_8631 IMG_8633The night we returned from Ocean Isle there was a huge rain storm that dumped a couple inches of rain. Our skylights in the loft have been leaking during large downpours for the last 6-12 months and this day it was even worse! I setup 4 cups to catch the rain water, and even worse it had begun leaking in the great room vaulted ceiling near our new light fixture! We’ve got roofers scheduled to come give estimates – a new roof can’t be avoided any longer as we also have a leak in the large guest bedroom near the wall to Finn’s room. Ugh  – the joys of owning a home!IMG_8629 IMG_8630Here are a few other pics from our week: Finn wanted to help me clean, he had a nice bath (which is a treat for him as we usually have him shower!), and him scooping up the pepper seeds one night when I was making dinner. I’m attempting to be a better cook and make more dinners at home – this is not my gift, but dinner on this night was quite tasty!IMG_8638 IMG_8639 IMG_8643 IMG_8656 IMG_8657 IMG_8664 IMG_8661 IMG_8660 IMG_8659On Saturday, after we returned from the concert, we spent the day and night in Mansfield to celebrate Rowan’s 5th birthday at the Infield in Lexington. It was a fun afternoon of video games and go cart riding – until the downpour arrived! Thankfully we were given vouchers to come back another time since we got rained out! So Sunday after church we headed back again for more go-carting and Finn’s first miniature golf experience. He did really well, but also got really frustrated at certain times as he just wanted to “do it by myself”.  He did, however, get a hole in 1! You’ll see the photo where Kevin helped him tee off and he was SO excited his face is priceless. IMG_8735 IMG_8740 IMG_8738 IMG_8750 IMG_8756 IMG_8753 IMG_8764 IMG_8788 IMG_8801 IMG_8803 IMG_8804 IMG_8772 IMG_8776 IMG_8782Finn also wanted to take some photos this week so here are a couple of his – one of me and one of Kevin’s shoes!IMG_8668 c

July 31, 2016

IMG_8124Blueberries! Finn and I went on a Saturday adventure to another new-to-us blueberry farm, Berryfield, in Centerberg on Saturday.  It was the best place yet! They were picking Elliot, so a later season more tart berry, but look at them! The bushes were big and quite plentiful. We picked more than a bucket in a fairly short amount of time. And they had “helper buckets” for kids and Finn loved it – he filled his up numerous times and dumped it into the bigger bucket. The farm only had a couple other people there and they played music you could here while picking (Nora Jones and the like). They also grow bluecrop, blueray, and coville though most of those were well picked over.  We missed Daddy while he stayed home and worked on projects including cleaning out the garage – which he made great progress!IMG_8112 IMG_8113 IMG_8120 IMG_8121 IMG_8122 IMG_8125 IMG_8129This week on my day off Finn and I went to Zoombezi for the day and met up with my college friend Kim, her three kids Audrey, Ryan, and Landon and Audrey’s friend Sara and her sitter Sydney.  The older girls went off on the big slides so the boys, Kim, and I hung out and the family-oriented areas. It was super hot, the concrete burned our feet, and a great day to cool off in the water (although some of the areas the water was really pretty warm!). IMG_8073 IMG_8076 IMG_8078 IMG_8080 IMG_8081 IMG_8082 IMG_8086Earlier in the week we took dinner to the Howard’s. Chris’ dad has entered hospice at Kobacker so we took some yummy food and hung out with the Howard’s, Chad, and Nicole for the evening at the Howard home. Finn loved playing with their dogs and crashed with them on the couch toward the end of the night. IMG_8071Here are a few other shots from the week, including the new football Finn got at Culver’s by redeeming his “scoopie tokens”. He was super stoked. When Kevin and I have been going on date nights, he and Debbie often go to Culver’s for their “date” too 🙂 Afterward they stopped at the park to play with his new ball. IMG_8047 IMG_8048And here are a few others from the week: sprinklers and water fun in the yard, Columbus Commons kids fun day stuffs, art work, and a few from the Sunday concert (Honey and Blue) that I failed to include last week!IMG_8069 IMG_8072 IMG_8104 IMG_8105 IMG_8102 IMG_8106 IMG_8101 IMG_8097 IMG_8044 IMG_8042 IMG_8043 IMG_8034 IMG_8035 IMG_8038 IMG_8039 IMG_8041I’m loving the new album “Love Remains” by Hillary Scott (of Lady Antebellum) and the Scott Family. It is a christian album with traditional hymns and original songs. It’s really a great album! IMG_8107And many thanks to Mom for splurging for me, Amy, and Mom to get our toes “beach ready” this week. We had a fun time getting our toes done and then having ice cream and fried pickles after at Graeter’s and City BBQ! Yum! IMG_8103And now I”m officially caught up on blog posts – I thought this day would never come after being more than 2 months behind.  Whew.  Vacation ready now!!

March 13, 2016

DSC_0210-2Throw back to St. Patrick’s Day Parade and other shenanigans as I’m still playing catch up on our blog posts! Check out this handsome fella and his spirited St. Patty’s Day gear.

Finn loves to send Daddy off to work (“Downtown, Big City”) and this particular morning he was wearing Kevin’s bag and walking around the kitchen 🙂IMG_4598This week was my big birthday, my 40th, so I decided to take the day off work. I received a lovely flower arrangement from Mom and Dad, and also a colorful bouquet of roses from Jaime, Aaron, Lexi and Chase. My birthday was on a Wednesday, so I was able to take Griffin to school and pick him up.  We had a fun day together, going to Target, the BMV to renew my plates, and of course a stop at Graeter’s for my free birthday treat (a delicious sundae!). Later that night Kevin and I went out to dinner at Cap City Diner, where we enjoyed a delicious dinner and huge piece of chocolate cake.  They have the most delicious vegetable plate and I devoured it 🙂  When we got back home I opened the lovely gifts from Finn and Kevin.  Finn went shopping with daddy to get blush for me, and Kevin had life-size canvases of Hailey and Cameron printed for me!  They are super cool and we plan to put them in our Laundry room. IMG_4609 IMG_4612 IMG_4616 (Finn took this one of his leg, lol!)IMG_4618 IMG_4622 IMG_4629(1) IMG_4626 IMG_4632 IMG_4635 IMG_4646 IMG_4650 IMG_4656 IMG_4657 IMG_4658 IMG_4662 IMG_4624 IMG_4606 IMG_4663In preparation for Finn’s birthday we got a pre-reading on how tall his is.  He loves to measure himself (height and his feet – the special “tool” we use to see how tall he is). IMG_4675 IMG_4678This year we went to the Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Parade. It was our first time going and it was a lot of fun! The weather was warm and sunny. And we got to see Cam and Cyd play in the Dublin Jerome Marching Band too!DSC_0189-2 IMG_4681 DSC_0193-2 IMG_4685 IMG_4696 IMG_4697 IMG_4709 DSC_0181-2 DSC_0183-2 DSC_0186-2 DSC_0197-2 DSC_0198-2 DSC_0216-2 DSC_0200-2 DSC_0201-2 DSC_0206-2 DSC_0209-2 DSC_0210-2 DSC_0219-2 DSC_0211-2 DSC_0220-2 DSC_0222-2 DSC_0224-2 DSC_0226-2 IMG_4700 IMG_4705 DSC_0204-2 IMG_4706 DSC_0229-2 DSC_0235-2I’m very grateful for my friend, Sarah, who insisted a celebration was in order for my 40th birthday. In all honesty I really didn’t care much about my birthday and certainly didn’t feel like celebrating.  But as Sarah always does, she told me like it was and insisted it is time to turn a new leaf and celebrate. So she gave me the option of a dinner party at her house or a spa day with girlfriends. Whatever I chose, she would take care of all the planning.  Kevin really wanted to have a party for me too, and I thought it would be nice to see all kinds of family and friends so Sarah graciously planned a dinner party at her house.  It was a really enjoyable night, complete with the most delicious food based upon several of my favorite things (avacados, chicken salad, steak, salads, desserts, and such).  It was a huge spread of food!  And Kevin made sure I had a Bunny Cake!  I’m really grateful to be surrounded by loving friends and family! Believe it or not, we didn’t take a single people-picture the entire night.  What?? Only pictures of food…crazy, but here it is!IMG_4712 IMG_4722 IMG_4714 IMG_4720 IMG_4719 IMG_4717 IMG_4718 IMG_4724We ended the week with dinner with the Howards and Ackerman families. It was a Sunday evening and we basically had the place to ourselves!IMG_4728 IMG_4732 IMG_4736 IMG_4742In other adventures this week, Finn made some yummy shamrock sugar cookies with Debbie (that we took to the parade!), went to the zoo, and the music park!IMG_4665 IMG_4589 IMG_4588 IMG_4590