Been Counting Down All Day

Oh roadtrip in the rain, why do you hate me so? Driving thru Ohio is like having four hours of deja vu. Didn't we just see that barn? Thank goodness the A-list (version 2.0) proved worthy. Ten hours and not a song skipped, save one, for no infant could sleep thru a Billy Corgan solo (at least in his earlier recordings, am I right folks?). So I kinda love days driving. Plus the rearview mirror reflection of the babyview mirror catches Yuula at a great angle and makes her look just so darn cute. Driving highways south & west helps too. We've been counting down all day.

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Off To Ohio

We're leaving soon here. As soon as she's ready. Going out to Ohio to visit family. Laura's Grandma Sheldon has been ill and we wanted make sure and see her if things were to suddenly take a turn for the worse. Driving out to Genoa today, out to the Krupp grandparents in Carey, Ohio on Saturday, and then Brad & Erin's in Fort Wayne for Easter Sunday. Busy. We'll keep you abreast of any exciting details.

Have a happy Easter everybodies!

A Day Of Krupps

For our second day in Ohio we spent the morning at the home of the Krupp elders, lifelong farmers and pillars of their dedicatedly Catholic community. Fran & I slept in the basement where this rather out of place painting haunted us the whole night.


After a late breakfast they put us to work in the yard. I could definitely have been a farmer.







After that we headed towards Cheryl's hometown of Genoa to visit her brother Gaylord, his wife Chris & daughter Carrie. We spent an adequate amount of time in their pool, Theresa opened baby gifts, and we had a grande ol' time.







We headed back to Carey to stay at the grandparents house again and on the way spotted a glow off in a distant cornfield and Grandpa Krupp informed us that that was a tractor pull. Naturally we suited up and headed back out even tho it was nearly midnight. Unfortunately we were too early or late for the festivities but we did get our photo taken with the prize that went to the winner of the tractor pull...


... a tractor, naturally.

Port Clinton, Our Favoritest Port

We took a trip to Ohio last weekend with the Krupps, mainly to celebrate the eldest Krupps 60th wedding anniversary, but first we holed up in a trailer owned by uncle Terry & aunt Kathy for a little R&R at Lake Erie. It was a touch overcast that day, but the water was warm and we must've gone out a good mile or so, could barely see the shore. I liked it so much I brought some of the lake home with me, in my ear.











There was also some volleyball, gift giving and food. Click any picture for the jump to the full album.