Vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky OH

I was at first not keen on the idea of a last minute vacation when we had so many other things going on, but I was so, so glad that we did it.  The kids had a ball and we had some great family time.Trying on their ears.

The kids cabin

The kids loved Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast.  Each morning Paul and I read part of his Justice League book at breakfast.

 The arcade.  Paul hit the jackpot for 1000 tickets!

The show at the clock tower.

The wolf walk.  They learned about various forest animals.

Water slides!  They both loved them and were very brave.  It was really great to have very short lines the whole time.  We got great workouts going up and up and up the steps dozens of times.

 Bean dip!  Gotta have something healthy!

The queen of the water slides.

The master of the obstacle course.

Climbing up the ropes.

The bear chair.  

The kids can't wait to go back!

Iron Chef Michael Symon's Restaurant

As we were passing through Cleveland, we wanted to stop at one of Michael Symon's restaurants.  We went to B Spot and were not disappointed.  Shawn and I had yummy burgers, the kids liked their chicken and fries, the onion rings and specialty ketchups were great, but the most outstanding of all was the s'mores milkshake!!  It had really good chocolate and really good ice cream.  I loved it!

Baby Matt's Baptism

Joy and all of us were very excited for Baby Matt's baptism Sunday.

Carter's 5th Birthday Party

We were glad to see Becky and family and to get to her house again.  And it was good to hang out with Keli and kids.

Party at Gibb's Parents

We had an awesome time at Gibb's parents.  It was so, so good to get to see everyone and to catch up.

Paul and Jacob enjoyed talking about Minecraft.

Elizabeth pushing Joy on the roller coaster. She was tireless!

Paul, Jacob and Pax shooting things up.  Poor Lisa, stuck in the middle.

Joy and London.

Visit with Aunt Cathy and Sue

We had a really fun time visiting with Aunt Cathy and Sue when they were in last week.  We enjoyed some tomato pasta salad for lunch and then played outside and took a walk down to the creek.

Pumpkins!

And this is why I needed to think of pumpkin recipes.  This is after I've frozen 18 cups already.

Pumpkin Waffles

I've been thinking of things to do with pumpkin, and pumpkin waffles were a HUGE hit.  They have been eating them nonstop since.  Yay!