Above - Ben and Mitchell hanging out. Recently I have had several comments about how good Ben is with little kiddos. The assumption (and reality) is that he has had a lot of practice...and he has...but he has always had somewhat of an obsession with babies and toddlers. He just loves them! Until they get to be about 3 1/2 or 4...hopefully with Mitchell that doesn't end! Below - two of our favorite missionaries back in the Canton area - Andy, Elder David Dransfield and Elder Davies.
I took dinner to a friend one night - and had to take a picture because it was a YUMMY dinner! Club salad, red potatoes with the option of horseradish, tomato, motz, basil salad, banana, blueberry bread and lemon meringue pie. This actually looks really yummy for tonight!!!
Again, Mitchell hanging out with Ben while he plays the computer. I love to walk into a room and see the two of them together!!!
Another outside afternoon playing with our family pets. :) They grow so much each day!
Ben and Annie took a lacrosse camp this summer. They both LOVED it!!! It's the first time that Annie has been in a class/sport that she hasn't started whining about going to after the second time! Can't wait to do it again next summer!
Oh, one day Emily was at a birthday party and Andy was studying. I took the other 3 monkeys to Hartville to see it and go to the flea market - something we used to do with my dad at least once a month growing up. I told B and A they could each have a $2 limit. While they were looking at books to buy (yea!!!!), Mitchell was in the stroller. We paid and started walking off, when I looked down to see his death grip on a HUGE Barney. What???!?? I asked the lady how much for him...$2. Kids were so excited because that was how much they each got to spend. Mitchell is the proud owner of a large stuffed Barney...which 3 months later he still sleeps with each night!
July was FILLED with Andy studying - trying to cram for the last 3 weeks until the all-important Ohio Bar Exam. He had 3 nights in a Marriott in Columbus. After the first night, he asked us to come the next day. There was room for us to all sleep, we could play, do dinner, the zoo, the temple, etc. Only problem was we had swimming lessons the next day at 11....
We decided to head up for an afternoon at COSI (science museum) - super cool! Then we did dinner at a Mexican restaurant down the street from our hotel. Getting to bed at a decent hour was a very long stretch, but we had a good time!
Andy even had a few hours to look at his last bit of notes before the 3rd day of testing...We had a great (very short) visit!!! And hope that he did so well!!!!!!!
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