The Festivities

I don't even know where to begin with blogging for our Ohio trip! It's been go...go...go!!! And it's awesome! I'll dedicate this post to our time with Coral and the gang in Toledo. 

The beginning of the week the cousins had school, and Juneau and Nova enjoyed running around town with Aunt Coral during the day.  The afternoons/evenings were filled with wild and crazy play, ice cream, movies, books, and lots of great memories!

 

Brent (still referred to by J &N as "That Crazy Brenty Boy") let Juneau help him make a yummy dessert.

 Jude spent his time smiling and giggling.  Here you can see his best Santa impression.

 The Novas...

 Alex and Lyndsey found time in between school and basketball to spend some wild play time...

 ....and some baby snuggle time

 Granmma and Baby Jude were reunited. It's been almost 4 months since Gramma held this little guy, and he's sure changed a lot!

 Gramma, Grampa and Santa Jude

 Aunt Carmen brought a ton of little toys and balloons for the girls, and they were in their own little version of Heaven when Aunt Carmen made them as many balloon animals as they wanted!

 That Crazy Brenty Boy was asking for trouble, and ended up spending some time getting his
"head bounced" (as nova likes to call it)

 Uncle Casey and Uncle Cris subjected That Crazy Brenty Boy to their made up game "Water Hockey".  Let's just say it ended with Brent's pants getting soaked with water :)

 

 Juneau's squirrel impression

 Coral had an amazing dinner spread, with a different dish representing significant countries to different family members.  There were dishes from The Phillipines, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Germany, Slovakia, Hawaii, and Guatemala! It was amazing!

 After dinner Ed, Alex, and Lyndsey led a family devotional.

 Jude seemed pretty happy sitting on Grampa's lap

 Brent and Grampa needed a little rest after dinner and presents

Random cute picture of Jude



Some Cousin bonding over the iphone

Brent and Grampa needed another nap

Baby Jude didn't want Nova to be the only one to get a 3 hour nap on Mammaw's lap, and he enjoyed his 3 hours of Mammaw rocking...

Gramma taught Juneau how to cut snowflakes

Meanwhile Cris made it his mission to eat at our favorite subshop every day of the week.  Here he is finishing off 40 inches of subs in 4 days.

We'll finish off the post with a picture of our favorite teenagers.  We loved getting to see Alex in Lyndsey in action on their basketball team at their new school...even if they were winning so dramatically they had to sit the bench for half the game!