Ohio Trip 2011

Stella and I drove to Ohio from Tennessee at the end of our vacation. My mom and dad were with us, too. Casey couldn’t miss two weeks of work, so he had to go back home. We had a great time in Ohio! We sure missed Casey though. We first went to my home town and spent time with my family. We spent a lot of time with my cousins, Kelli and Demi. They spoil Stella! She was also able to see my aunt and uncle. We then went to Pittsburgh to see my sister, Kathryn, her husband, Mike, and our friend, Patty. We had the best pizza ever known to man (Beto's Pizza) and we went to the zoo while we were there. We went there with Patty (who got us discount tickets,) my mom (Baba,) and my sister (Nienie.) It was awesome! They had just about every animal imaginable! Stella was in her realm. She LOVES animals! Patty even took her to touch a sting ray (not one that would hurt her.) Later on in the week we went to Casey's home town to spend time with his family. We went to Kirtland the first day we were there with Grammie and PaPaw. That Friday we went to the local spray park with Stella's other cousins (Casey's brother's girls.) We also went shopping with Grammie. Stella spent a lot of time with her PaPaw in his mancave because he has a model railroad down there. She kept saying "Choo Choo!" The last day we were there we went up to Sandusky to meet up with Casey’s sister and her family. Stella had a blast playing with those cousins, too! We were supposed to go to the mall after we ate, but by the time we got done eating the mall was closed, so we went to Target instead. The girls ran around the store at full speed! They were just laughing and giggling. It was so cute! It was a cousin week! Stella got to see all of her first cousins except for one who lives out of state. We headed home Saturday morning at 6:00 am. The trip went incredibly well! Prayers were answered! We really appreciated everyone who hosted us. It was super fun!