2019 Quotes

Torin
"No"
-Response to what he doesn't like. His subtle, convincing argument.

Liam
"LAPS"
-What Liam says while running in circles

"How to______"
-Liam being his own TV

Kate
"I farted"
-
"I can't eat that"
-Because she got braces

Jacob

"your a bully"

Hilton Head

The whole crew, ready and excited for the drive to Hilton Head! Fortunately, we don't have as much drama on the road these days.

Nana got everyone Independence Day shades.

Everyone wore them all week.

Dolphins often came to visit - we were able to paddle within a few yards of them a number of times.

It was even a relaxing week for the parents!

As usual, we biked everywhere! It was quite the procession - bikes of every size, including trailer bikes and bike trailers.

We took a couple classic family pictures - some on one of the old trees in Harbor Town

and our Sunday picture after church. We actually did professional pictures one day on the trip, but I am not sure where those are, so these will have to do.

Giving our kids the Gregg Russell under the Old Oak Tree in Harbor Town experience. HOOOO!

The inspiration for the Ryan Warnick-designed family reunion t-shirts.

At South Beach, near the Salty Dog, there were a couple parrots, including one red one, named "Captain." Torin saw one in the gift shop, and we came home with Captain.

Food was yummy as normal - Budge's pancakes

and Matt's grilled chicken.

We made some time for tennis. Papa came over to watch too.

There was lots and lots of beach time!

 

And lots of cousin time 

 

and even some future aunt time!

The boys room was a very popular place - it was so much fun having all these boy cousins in the same room.

COTA for Team Clayton wrist bands

We recently got the dental mouth expanders game. There were some really funny faces and hard-to-understand words!

The newest game - like bowling - you get 1 point for the first hole, 2 for the 2nd, and 3 for the back row. We spent hours playing!

 

Date night downtown on a beautiful evening

Dani and I had a dinner date downtown and spent a while walking along the river and on the Roebling. The sunset was GORGEOUS!!!

 

New Trampoline

We left our old trampoline in Oregon, so we decided to spring for a nice, giant, spring free trampoline!

It was a major wrestling match to put it together!!! It is really, really big too.

and the kids love playing on it. They are out there constantly playing gaga ball and other games.

 

Cincinnati weather

We have some of the most beautiful sunrises!

And sometimes it rains TORRENTIALLY!!!

 

Best school picture EVER

Liam's school picture is the VERY BEST school picture EVER!!!

Opening Day

Opening Day in Cincinnati is a celebration! So of course, we decided to walk one block to 5th street to watch the opening day parade. There aren't super high hopes for the 2019 Reds season, but opening day ushers in one of the nicest seasons of the year!

The view of opening day is awesome from the tower!

 

Spring Break Cincinnati

This Spring Break, we decided we were going to spend it as a "Staycation" in Cincinnati since Jared just started, so we did a bunch of fun Cincinnati activities.

Taylor and Hayley came to Cincinnati too

We spent a night at Great Wolf Lodge

and had a fun time on the water slides

We took a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo

And we enjoyed some blue sky doing archery in the backyard - taking lessons from Liam!