Fun in Ohio

We were able to go to Ohio from May 16th until June 6th this year. Tom had to take the second part of the CFA exam on June 6th so he came with us to Ohio for the first week and then he came back to Houston to study for the next two weeks. We had a lot of fun during our visit. Tom played outside with the kids as much as possible, riding four wheelers and going on "hay rides" as you can see in the first picture. We celebrated Charlie's birthday while we were there. We got him a new Power Wheels Four Wheeler that he still has to figure out, but we're sure he'll eventually enjoy it. Once Tom left, my mom also left to go to my cousin Kevin's high school graduation in California. She was gone for a little over a week. So we split our time between my dad and staying at the Kiehl's. We really appreciate all the help we received from all of the Grandparents. I wouldn't have been able to survive my time alone without them. I was also able to visit with a lot of my dear friends there as well. There's never enough time to do everything, but we sure tried.

Charlie loved his time with his papa's. Papa Rayburn was his supplier of chicken nuggets and also took them to several parks while I ran errands or tried to exercise. The weather was absolutely perfect. (Then we came back to Houston to enjoy the upper 90's, 100% humidity!) Charlie was able to go exploring at the Kiehl farm with Papa Kiehl several times. He even got a couple of canoe rides and was able to wear a "life jacket, so we can be safe!" (Dora) Charlie loved following both grandpas around and going, "Papa, what's going on?" or "Hi Papa Kiehl" over and over again. I'm not sure what we would do without grandpas! Charlie also loves Grandma Kiehl's house because of her endless supply of Cheetos and soda, which Charlie calls "carrots and black milk". That's pretty much all he wanted to eat when we were there, it was fun convincing him otherwise.