Ohio - Day 10

We left to fly home to Salt Lake.  We were hoping the boys would sleep the entire way, but we knew that we would not get that lucky!  That night the boys thought it would be fun to have a party at 3 am.  Our flight was early so we knew we were in for a long day.  While Jason fit all of the suitcases into the car, I got the boys ready.  Jason was amazing because it was seriously a puzzle trying to fit everything into the car!  We loaded up and headed out for our journey home.  

We found a Chili's in the airport that served breakfast, and we had plenty of time before our flight so we loaded up on breakfast.

 Waiting for our food.  I was sick of eating out!

 While we were waiting we played with daddy's hat.

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 Bottoms up!

 Alex's first airplane ride.  DJ is a pro now!

 Say Cheese!

 Alex fell asleep as soon as we landed in Chicago, and slept the entire layover.  Of course DJ didn't sleep at all at the same time, that would have been too easy!

My mom and dad came to pick us from the airport.

Grandpa and Alex

Ohio - Day 9

Today was our last full day in Ohio.  We have very mixed emotions about leaving.  We are super excited to get home and out of the hotel room we have been in, but then on the other hand we are sad knowing that today was our last day with Ashley for awhile! 

Alex cruising around in the car playing with a police car.  Luckily we haven't had any other encounters with police cars!

 DJ playing with a fire engine.  Silly boy!

 We decided to play in the car too.

 We have spent a lot of time in the car and the boys have done really well!

 We were driving around today and Jason had to take a picture of this car.

 We decided to go into 'German Town' to see a castle.  Here it is, unfortunately it was turned into apartments and you can't go in.  We were bummed!

 While walking in 'German Town' we saw this...  A lady's car being towed away.  If you look closely the lady is disputing it with the guy and there is clearly a sign behind her that says do not block driveway.

 Here is our sweet ride!  We were hoping to get a charger, but this was the only car of the size we wanted.  Too bad!!!  We decided to give her a name, Gertrude, Gertie for short.  She ended up being a really good car!

 Daddy and Alex

 We stopped at a park in 'German Town' and saw this tree, crazy!!!

 Here is a monument of the guy the park is named after, Schiller.

 We went over to the pond to see the ducks.  The boys loved seeing them and DJ couldn't stop quacking.

 DJ watching the ducks.

 My handsome boys!

 Mommy and Alex

 Warning, this is gross! 

To draw the ducks in closer to us, since we didn't take anything to feed them, we spit in the water.  This duck fell for it.

 Muah

 Alex and Mommy at the pond.

 We loved all of the houses in this little town!

 DJ posing for a picture before we got back in the car.

 If we lived here we would have to be millionaires because I would want a house like this.

 We went down and saw Ashley today.  We went to the mall and sat on Santa's lap.  DJ was so excited and couldn't wait to see Santa, but Alex didn't want anything to do with him.  I will post the picture we got when I get it in the computer.

We can't say enough great things about Ashley and the amazingly, unselfish gift she has given us.  It was hard to say goodbye!  We will miss seeing her, but know that she is only a phone call away! 

Ohio - Day 8

We have had fun exploring Ohio!  Today we made our last Harley Davidson stop for this trip.  The boys got balloons.  They had fun playing with them!

We then ventured onto a baseball field.  We passed it a couple of days ago and knew we needed to stop one day to take pictures with the giant baseballs and bats!

 The boys had fun running around.

 DJ couldn't get enough of the huge equipment!

 The first thing he did when he got out of the car was run and give the baseball a big hug!

 If it wasn't so cold and the busy streets weren't so close we would have stayed longer.

 DJ couldn't take his eyes off them!

 We went back to the Air Force Museum to let the boys fun around somewhere warm and had to go ride in the plane again.

 We had a good time!

 Then we met up with Ashley and Jack for the night.  They took us to dinner.  They are so sweet!  We bundled the boys up really tight!

 Ashley wanted to go shopping to buy Alex some things so we stopped at Old Navy.  We all had fun playing with their fun lights on the floor.

 DJ got into the fun too!

 He loved every time basketballs and soccer balls came up.

 Alex cheered from the sidelines.

 Adorable!!!

 We have two cutie pies!!!