Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Pages

We just barely said goodbye to our visitors- the Pages.  Bart's sister, Laura and her family drove a LONG way to visit a short while.  We had a delightful time and got to do so many things.  Whitney was in heaven with four brothers who she kept tabs on every minute of the day.  "Cousins?  Cousins?"  They were all very cute with her and she had such a great time!

On Tuesday morning, we had our own tour of the Anthony Thomas Chocolate Factory.  The kids all loved their own chocolate Buckeye candies.  Here's a picture of the gang after our tour.


Then we stopped over to visit the grounds of the Columbus, Temple.  It was a beautiful WARM afternoon.  

Here's me & Whitney:

Everyone enjoying their suckers from the factory:

Whitney & s touching the temple.

The Pages:

Kids taking a peek:

Austin, Whitney & Preston:


On Wednesday, we went to the Columbus Zoo.  It was a fun trip and the PERFECT temperature. 

Austin & Bart watching the flamingos.  

Kids looking at the orangutans:



The lorikeets loved Austin:

At the aquarium:



The petting zoo:


On Thursday we went to Amish country.  It was nice having one of the boys ride with Whitney in the car.  It kept her quite entertained.  Austin is an awesome singer.  (High School Musical).  

Here is a drive-by shot of an Amish home:


The petting zoo:


Past & present.  Love the buggies:

It was sort of cold when we got there.  I forgot my sweater- so I used the car-blanket.


Feeding the farm animals:

Riding the ponies:

Love our little Buckeye:

We stopped at the Heini's Cheese Factory.  They had lots of free samples and fudge.  My kind of place:


Somebody was really tired when we stopped.  She slept like this for hours while we toured.  

Riding home with the Amish:

Thank you to Laura, Ron & their boys for driving all the way from Utah to see us!  We are sure lucky!  On Thursday night we were treated to a yummy dinner of Mexican food and a movie night.  Whitney absolutely LOVED having all those boys around.  Good thing she's getting a brother!  

Thank you so much for coming!  

Love you!


7 comments:

Katherine said...

Fun! A little boy! Congratulations!

karla said...

Candy? Cheese? Fudge? Sign me up! How exciting to have visitors, speaking of which we would LOVE to have you guys come visit us! Please let us know if you're coming to the area - we'd be happy to have guests at the Hotel Ehlers. :)

Colby and Steph said...

Looks like fun!!!!

anna said...

Hey I got thinking. When you are done with Dental School you should move into the Amish country. You have taken so many trips down there you might as well set up practice. I am not sure what kind of Dental instruments they will let you use in an Amish community, but it would be interesting to find out. He He

Ariel said...

I just wanted to let you know that Whitney is growing up to be such a beautiful girl. Also, congrats on baby #2 and having a boy!

The Albrecht's said...

It looks like things are going well! Oh, how I miss Columbus. There are so many cool places to visit! I love that you are having a little boy. You are going to have so much fun dressing him up in Whitney's clothes and taking pics. Lundon still won't let me show anyone the pictures of Benson in Whitney's dress. I miss you! Hope you're not feeling too uncomfortable!

monica said...

a brother?! hooray! you have a ball of fun coming your way.