Ohio

While my mom and Ash were here we went to Columbus Ohio to visit my brother and sister-in-law. We had a lot of fun swimming, eating, and going to Cosi a museum. Us girls went to the Titanic exhibit and that was really neat. Braxton had a blast hanging out with uncle BJ since he played Wii with him and this marble game, it was the highlight of his week! These are their cats Azlan and Ziggy. It was also my brother's birthday in June so we celebrated with ice cream cake and some gag gifts like the huge mustache and Steph got the crazy cat lady ha ha! It was a blast and can't wait to go again in August!

Pray for Preslee

This little girl, Preslee, needs our prayers. She almost drowned in a canal this weekend. She was found 2 miles down the canal where a farmer who just happened to know infant CPR found her and performed CPR. She was lifeflighted to Primary Children's Hospital where she is fighting for her life. Many miracles have happened but she still has a long way to go. Please pray for their family. Both parents are from my hometown and she is actually my sister's niece as my sister is married to the father's brother. This story breaks my heart as I remember talking with her mom since we were due around the same time with our girls. I can't help but be grateful for my family especially that we are all safe. I pray for a miracle.


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patrickandashley.blogspot.com
or click on the button on my sidebar to donate to their cause. They are in desperate need for help, please do what you can if it is only to pray for their family, they need that too.

Zoo

While my mom and Ash were here we decided to go to the zoo! I was glad to have them as I could have never done it by myself. Taking pictures with 2 kids is hard, if I didn't have someone else I might've lost my kids! Not that I would but you know! I was thankful to not have to worry about it. While we were there they have an aquarium where you can go in these tunnels and watch sharks swim over you. There is also one for the polar bear but we read that they only swim like 10% of their lives or something like that so the possibility of getting one in the water was rare! We went up to look at the Polar bears from the top right as some zoo workers were working on a drill with the polar bear where they threw fish in the water and so I ran downstairs and took some of him in the water! Braxton got a front row seat at the top and loved it! All in all it was a GREAT day!







This is Braxton acting like a gorilla....can you see the similarities :)

We bought Braxton a camera so he could take pics while there. He had fun. In a later post I will post some of his pictures...they are quite hilarious!

Pittsburgh

My mom and Ashley came to visit me for a whole week and we loved it! By the end of the week Kinley learned to say "gama" and she never ever wanted to be with me! She always wanted my mom! It was a good break and we got to do a lot of the things that I can't do by myself with 2 kiddos! The first day they got here we went to downtown Pittsburgh to our favorite place-FIVE GUYS!!!! We then chased some pigeons! Then we walked around and saw some scenery. I love pittsburgh's downtown city. It is beautiful, rich with culture, and old and victorian! It has some beautiful churches and some amazing sights! If it was so hard to get around sometimes since it is old and to find places to park I might love it even more :)! We then went to Prantl's bakery and they have the best little tortes... (yes we got that many tortes and ate them ALL!) You can even order the white almond torte online which I'm so excited about!