Ohio Visit

After our trip to Myrtle Beach, we made our way up to Xenia, OH where two of my sisters live (as well as my parents for parts of the year).  We stayed in Ohio for a few days and enjoyed time with my niece and nephews... and of course my sisters Stephanie and Laura! :)  On the first day we were in Ohio we spent time with my sister Laura and her daughter Addie, age 4.  We made a trip to Young's Dairy where Grayson got to feed the goats and see the cows being milked.  He loved feeding the goats and would only take one little pellet at a time to feed a goat.  Of course that ended up with his fingers getting nibbled on a couple times!  Even though he didn't care for his fingers being nibbled, he still kept on feeding them and once the food was searching for more!  The next couple days we spent the days with my sister Stephanie and twin nephews Tyler and Reese, age 6.  We spent the day at their house one day checking everything out in their large yard.  Grayson loved feeding their ducks bread and when the bread was gone started picking tomatoes off the vines to give them more food.  While I didn't get any pictures of Will racing the nephews on scooters, Grayson got a kick out of watching them race down the long driveway and back and would chase after them.  He's just dying to get as big as those boys so he can chase after them too and keep up!  Another day we went to a childrens garden where there was a small stream and waterfall built for kids to play in.  Grayson wanted NOTHING to do with the waterfall, but LOVED playing in the stream!  There was a fish pond as well and a water pump that Grayson loved pumping water out of and had a hard time sharing with his cousins.  We spent a lot of time at parks as well and enjoyed the mornings before it got too warm.  Of course after being in 100+ degrees for the past 3 months in AZ, having the temps in the 80's and low 90's isn't so bad as long as the humidity stays reasonable!  Grayson was able to play with Addie again the last night we were there and we stayed with my sister Laura each night at my parents house in Ohio so she was able to get lots of time with Grayson after she'd get off work.  It was a wonderful visit in Ohio, but were sad to miss Grandma and Grandpa Sand since they had already gone back to Washington by the time we got there!  Grayson loves the rocking horse though we got to take from their house since he's now the "little tike" of the grandkids! :)

Ouch!  His fingers got nibbled!

Reese and Tyler feeding their ducks

Attacking one of their cats

Loves from Aunt Stephanie!

Helping Daddy wrestle the boys

Playing in the stream at the Children's Garden

Rocking with Daddy by the fish pond

Riding on his new rocking horse that Great-Grandpa Sand made for mommy and her cousins when they were born

Looking cute amongst his crazy cousins!