One more from Ohio.

Whoops, this one got left out, but here is it now.

PawPaw and Henry took off for a day of nonstop fun.  From what I gather, it involved paddle boats, mini golf, fried bologna sandwiches at the G and R.

AND a tour of the Olentangy Indian Caverns.  I'm actually pretty jealous of this.  After the cave tour, they mined for gems outside.  Best. Day. Ever.

Thanks for the awesome day, PawPaw!

On the road again- August 2-3.

 After 43 days, we finally decided to head back down south.

Packed to the gills.

We stopped in West Virginia to see Aunt Joann and Uncle Dean.  Then, while the kids were fishing and Aunt Sonya's house, we snuck up to the top of the mountain to admire Grandpa's view.  

We spent the night with Aunt Lillie, who always takes good care of us and makes sure June and Georgie have plenty of costume jewelry.

Though I don't think she was sad to see us go.

It's a harsh reality going back home after 6 weeks of fun and spoiling.  Poor Beatrice felt it most of all.

Headed home- August 1.

We were supposed to go home before the end of July, but Aunt Jill surprsed us by coming into town, so we extended our trip a few days longer. 

Totally worth it.

Mostly because I got to hug on my sweet baby Sam.

Why is Sweet Bea stuffed into a baby doll high chair?

For the grand opening of the resturant- Snack Line.

The menu included pretzels, goldfish, cranberries and grapes.  Or you could order a trail mix of everything mixed together.

There was even music provided.  It was wonderful.

Next, we disrobed the babies to get good comparison.  Sam is about 4 months older than Bea. 

We now call them "The Chin and The Cheeks."

I love you, Grams.

But the vacation does have to end at some point.  Let's throw everything in the car and get back south.

Turner Family photos- July 30.

Aunt Jill and Sam came into town to see us before we went back home.  And since we were all together and had coordinating outfits, we thought we'd try for a photo of all the grandkids.  We ended up getting quite a few cute shots. 

After the pictures and awonderful meal of Skyline Chili, we headed back to the park for an early celebration of Dash and Georgie's birthdays- with silly string.  What's more fun than that? 

Stop #9,724- Back to Ohio- July 27-29.

How long have we been gone?  Where is our house?  We don't remember any more.

We got back to Uncle Kevin and Aunt Elizabeth's house at 3am and they were up at 5am to take Hudson up to Michigan for a check-up.  That's cutting it awfully close!  Especially when there are 7 kids in your house.

Before we left northwest Ohio for the final time (maybe? Who knows anymore), we spent the day hanging out with our Seibert cousins.  Grandma can keep a firm hold on the two youngest, for now. 

The 6 oldest took their lunch outside.  Thankfully, this summer was so much cooler than the hellishly hot few weeks we spent in Archbold last summer.  

Papa is in the middle of marathon training.  Georgie helped him work the knots out of his sore calves.

We bid farewell to northwest Ohio and headed back down to Marion, where Henry was spending the weekend with Grams and PawPaw.

The girls put together a tiger puzzle and thought Bea would camouflage well in her tiger jams.

Just like this fearsome growler.

Yikes.

Almost as fearsome as this set of teeth.  I think we'll call this a mouth only an orthodontist could love.

Grams said we had to finish the ice cream she bought for us.  Who can refuse the request of a grandmother?  Not us.

And June and Sadie took up residence in their favorite climbing tree.  I believe they also hung about 20 stuffed animals in the branches of the tree in an effort to create an authentic habitat.