We were very busy this summer and I'm really just catching up on all the fun! We went to Florida, Indy, Put-In-Bay on top of our regular fun in Akron - going to the pool, playing t-ball and just enjoying the summer. Here are a few highlights from Our trip to Indy and Put-in-Bay.
We had two weekends in a row that we needed to be in Indy, for Luke and Emily's shower and then so the grandparents could watch the kids while we got away. Instead of driving back and forth two weekends in a row, I decided to stay in Indy for the week and visit with friends and family. The trip was actually a bit stressful and chaotic and I probably won't do it again, but we did get some fun in and visited lots of friends. While it's fun to see everyone, I always forget how hard it is to get so many places with 3 kids (who are grumpy and out of their element) and I was by myself (Ben traveled back to Akron) so it made it extra exhausting.
During our stay we did travel down to Bloomington one day to visit with Katy and Brandon. It was a beautiful day and after some major disappointment that the pool was closed we rearranged our plans and made it to the beach at Lake Monroe. We ended up having a great day with lots of sunshine, fun and relaxation!
After the trip, Hank was so wiped he ended up falling asleep while I waited in the car line to pick up Jadyn. None of the kids slept well the whole trip... I used to not mind the sleeplessness of travel but on weekends in Akron our kids will sometimes sleep in till 8 or 8:30am and most Indy mornings started around 7am... a little too early for my taste.
At the end of the week I left the kids and drove back to meet Ben in Akron for a little weekend away. We spent one day by ourselves exploring Put-In-Bay on Mopeds and then met up with some couples from our life group for a little couples retreat hosted at the home of one of the families.
This was Ben's birthday present. His dream is to own a moped and while I won't give in to that craziness, I did try to appease him with a day rental. We had a blast exploring the island, riding around and just being kids again.
A couple in our group has a home on Catawba Island and invited our entire life group up for the weekend. Only 5 couples were able to join, but of course we still had a blast with lots of fun games, a little organized learning time and lots of relaxation time.
We were extremely thankful and felt blessed to be able to stay at Jeff and Nicole's home and to sit back and participate in all the fun that was planned by Wendy and Sarah!
This weekend also marked one of the last social things our group did as a whole before splitting up. We had a new couple volunteer to step up and lead a new group out of their home. This is of course a great thing (at the time we had 12 couples in our group and needed to split!) but we were sad to see 3 couples leave our group that we had been in close community with for more than a year.
We had two weekends in a row that we needed to be in Indy, for Luke and Emily's shower and then so the grandparents could watch the kids while we got away. Instead of driving back and forth two weekends in a row, I decided to stay in Indy for the week and visit with friends and family. The trip was actually a bit stressful and chaotic and I probably won't do it again, but we did get some fun in and visited lots of friends. While it's fun to see everyone, I always forget how hard it is to get so many places with 3 kids (who are grumpy and out of their element) and I was by myself (Ben traveled back to Akron) so it made it extra exhausting.
During our stay we did travel down to Bloomington one day to visit with Katy and Brandon. It was a beautiful day and after some major disappointment that the pool was closed we rearranged our plans and made it to the beach at Lake Monroe. We ended up having a great day with lots of sunshine, fun and relaxation!
At the end of the week I left the kids and drove back to meet Ben in Akron for a little weekend away. We spent one day by ourselves exploring Put-In-Bay on Mopeds and then met up with some couples from our life group for a little couples retreat hosted at the home of one of the families.
This weekend also marked one of the last social things our group did as a whole before splitting up. We had a new couple volunteer to step up and lead a new group out of their home. This is of course a great thing (at the time we had 12 couples in our group and needed to split!) but we were sad to see 3 couples leave our group that we had been in close community with for more than a year.
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