Brian and I celebrated our anniversary two weekends ago at Sawmill Creek in Huron, Ohio. They offered a wine tour and we visited 2 wineries with 4 other couples. One of the other couples actually lives in Perrysburg, very close to us. That evening we went to the Huron Playhouse to see "I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change". A number of students from ONU are working there this summer and Brian is actually there tonight with his mom to see "Gypsy". He is also going to pick up our new patio furniture that we ordered when we were out there. We had researched American made patio furniture and we were having a hard time deciding between wood and polywood. So we visited Rudder's in Port Clinton. It is a fantastic place and the main business is a cafe that has fantastic scones and iced tea (that was all that I tried, I am sure there are other great items as well) as well as a cute grocery area. They also have a gift shop and sell Polywood patio furniture, which is all made in Indiana from recycled milk jugs. We ordered rocking chairs and a table for our front porch. Hopefully after tomorrow I will be able to post a picture of our awesome new furniture.
While Brian and I were enjoying Erie County and the beauty of the area (and the wine), the kids were hanging out with Grandma Linda and Grandpa Butch. Grandma was kind enough to share some pictures with us:
These two of Isaac make me laugh. Isaac gets scared of animals. He has this reaction with dogs as well. He is okay with trying to pet them, until they look at him and then he freaks out. They went to Grand Rapids, OH where there is a mule drawn canal boat that they went for a ride on.
On Sunday, after we bought our patio furniture, we stopped at a farm stand and bought peaches. When we got home I canned peach jam and did laundry while Brian went and met his family at Shannon and Doug's house where the cousins went swimming together. Aunt Shannon shared this great picture of the cousins at the pool:
Last weekend Mackenzie got to spend Thursday and Friday with Grandma Kathy and Grandma Mike. Lexie joined her on Friday and then Brian, Isaac and I drove up Friday night and we all got to spend the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's. We stayed in Midland the whole weekend and the kids loved playing at the house and in the yard. We had to leave early Sunday to get Isaac home for a playdate and a birthday party at the park. Mackenzie spends most of her free time at home with Payton and Aubry who live in our neighborhood. It is great that they have neighbors to play with here now. However, I am learning to be the mean mom that makes them pick up when they are done because I am really tired of toys being all over the floor and I am way too lazy to pick them all up myself. So our house may not be the fun house to play at for long.
So we are all really enjoying summer. Next weekend we are headed back to the cabin for Lexie's 12th birthday party! Isaac is going to get to stay alone with Grandma and Grandpa after the party, which he is really excited about.
