We left Wednesday August 29th and returned Tuesday September 4th. We had a great time, everyone was healthy, the weather was great, the car rides went smoothly... we just extended our trip 2 days longer than I planned and I ran out of clean clothes for me. All in all it was great.
Wednesday we drove from here to Cincinatti. (We've been spending so much time there lately). We stayed at a Residence Inn which Mario picked b/c he thought I'd like it for the boys, and it was great. If you haven't stayed there, they are set up like apartments, even the way you enter is like an apartment. And it has a full sized kitchen. It was nice b/c I don't think MJ felt like he was in a hotel there... except that he slept on what we call the transformer bed (aka sofa bed).
Thursday was a very cool day (too cold to swim) so we went to a park I found on google maps near our hotel. It was nice and we were the only kids there for a few minutes. A nice woman showed up with a little girl. I later learned she was the grandmother (she looked so young!). It was nice to hang out and relax like it was a normal day in our home town.
Here's MJ at the park...he's very good at finding dirt wherever we go. This was on the baseball field nearby.
And here's MJ and a very tired Joey in the rental car Mario had for the week. As you can see, we are in our pajamas.Wednesday we drove from here to Cincinatti. (We've been spending so much time there lately). We stayed at a Residence Inn which Mario picked b/c he thought I'd like it for the boys, and it was great. If you haven't stayed there, they are set up like apartments, even the way you enter is like an apartment. And it has a full sized kitchen. It was nice b/c I don't think MJ felt like he was in a hotel there... except that he slept on what we call the transformer bed (aka sofa bed).
Thursday was a very cool day (too cold to swim) so we went to a park I found on google maps near our hotel. It was nice and we were the only kids there for a few minutes. A nice woman showed up with a little girl. I later learned she was the grandmother (she looked so young!). It was nice to hang out and relax like it was a normal day in our home town.
Here's MJ at the park...he's very good at finding dirt wherever we go. This was on the baseball field nearby.
Friday we drove from Cincinnati to South Bend, IN (about 6 hours). We took this crazy tiny country road (which was a short cut that worked out well) and it was a pretty drive. Both boys were sleeping so Mario and I were able to talk. He also did work on the drive thanks to the awesome aircard so he was able to be online. We got in later than we wanted. And of course the first thing we had to do was go shopping. Our favorite places to buy ND apparel are not the ND bookstore by the Walmart, Sams, and Meijer in South Bend. We found some good stuff for great prices. Then we checked into the hotel quickly and headed over to ND to pick up my sister Kathy and her friend Emily. We went out to dinner at Fridays and then it was off to bed to get a good sleep before the game on Saturday!
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