Indianapolis temple open house

We attended the Indianapolis temple open house at the end of July with the Madsen's, who had just moved there.  We met up with them at the temple, did the open house, and then we all went out to eat afterwards at a really god place known around the area (forgot the name of it).  Then, we went back to the Madsen's house to hang out and let the kids play for a long time, eat a delicious Cafe Rio type dinner, and then head back home to Columbus.  It was a great day and I loved being able to take my kids through the temple.  Even though they are young and had just met up with some of their favorite friends that they hadn't seen in a month, I hope a thing or two sunk in or that they can at least remember the feelings they had in there.

Cedar Point 2015

Ryan's work goes to Cedar Point every summer and this year was, unfortunately, on THE hottest day of the year.  Despite the fact that we were all sweating buckets the entire time, we managed to still have a blast and stayed way later than we expected because the girls were loving it!  We also made frequent stops into air conditioned shops, and used our gift cards from Mars to buy cool treats, necklaces in gift shops, and even had a nice, air conditioned sit-down dinner.  We also found out just how much Lucy LOVES roller coasters and Claire is scared of many rides.  Luckily, there's plenty of things for both types!

Ryan's 35th Birthday

Happy, happy 35th birthday to this old man! Even adult birthdays are more fun with kids.  They couldn't wait to open his presents (even though they already told him what they were before they were opened), blow out his cake, and Lucy even insisted on throwing him a BYU Cougars party because he loves BYU sports, so that we did.  She knows her dad! Since we had the marzipan cake a week early, we made a peach pie for his "cake."  We gave him all blue treats and fun things he uses, and even played "pin the Y on the mountain."  It was a fun day!

Fourth of July 2015

We had an awesome 4th of July with all of our neighbor friends again.  We kicked it off with one of our favorite parades in Hilliard.  Then, later in the day we got together with all of those same neighbors and had a bbq and played games and hung out outside in our backyard.  We also did sparklers, pop-its, and some colored smoke bombs and small fireworks.  We then moved the party over to watch the Grove City fireworks and play around with glow sticks.  It was such a fun evening with friends and a great way to enjoy the freedom that we have!