Mini-Vacation

This week we took a Mini-Vacation!  We met Ron's parents in southern Ohio for a couple of days!  

We met at Hocking Hills and had a picnic before we set out on some trails!

Ron's family had hiked many of these trials when he was a boy, and Ron and I hiked many in college (we were actually engaged at Hocking Hills).  Our kids however, had never been.

We first went to see Ash Cave.  They loved it.  So beautiful!

We hiked to the top of the waterfall too!

Then we went to Rock House!

I think the kids enjoyed this one even more.  It is pretty impressive!

We couldn't do any big trails with the little ones, but what we did was fun and I think they all enjoyed it.  It had rained prior to us being there, so it was a little wet, but the rain stayed away until we were finished!

We enjoyed meals together!

Then in the evening, the boys decided to hurry and get in 9 holes of golf.  The younger 2 were pretty upset with no where to go.  So we found a park and fed the ducks, geese and even swans!  Wish we had had more bread, but it was fun to watch these to feeding and watching.

This poor little guy was nursing a hurt leg, so we quickly called Eli off...

...and headed to the playground!

The next morning we went to the Great Seal State Park for some Disc Golf (or in our case-- Frisbee Golf)

This course was nothing like the Bryan Course we are use to, but it was amazing.  Wooded, and beautiful!  

We only played 9 holes as it took all morning, but it was really neat.  Probably not recommended for 4 and 6 year old (maybe not even 8), but I think all in all they had fun with their Grandparents being there!

Really a neat course and we didn't loose any Frisbees...permanently!

Finally Tuesday afternoon we got in the pool! (aren't these 2 cute?)

None of our 4 can swim.  They just haven't been around water enough.  But Daddy and Grandpa spent some time teaching them and they really enjoyed themselves.  We just need to get them in the water more.

Wednesday morning we had to say good-bye.  Never fun!

We had to head for home and help out the All-Star team.  Both boys made the team and had missed the first 2 games of the first tournament, but we made it for game #3 (A WIN) and game #4   (a heart breaker).  We are done with that tournament, but the kids did well.  Especially our boys.  With the week they had they came back and played so well.

So our vacation is over and we are recovering and preparing for another All-Star Tournament that begins tonight with a Double Header!  This weekend will be the final tournament!

So we had a fun Mini-Vacation, just needed a little more time.  We had hoped to see the Outdoor Drama Tecumseh, but the weather didn't cooperate with that, hopefully another time!