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Michigan/Ohio Trip 2013, Days 4-5

Whew, lots to catch up on! We spent a few days in the Columbus area to learn a little more about my mom’s side of the family. We got to check out my mom’s hometown in Lockbourne, have dinner in German Village and spend a little time on the Ohio State University campus!


Lockbourne, OH – The church my mom went to as a kid. My grandpa used to ring the bells here in the morning, too.


Nelsonville, OH – Two cousins meet their Great-Grandfather for the very 1st time.


Columbus, OH – German Village and the legendary Schmidt’s Sausage Haus!


Columbus, OH – Clowning around outside of Schmidt’s Sausage Haus

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Columbus, OH – Ruby gets a tour on campus at Ohio State University: Papaw’s alma mater and where he and Grandma met!


Columbus, OH – Ruby with “Brutus”, OSU’s mascot!


Columbus, OH – Cousins on campus!


2268 Brooklyn Rd., Columbus OH — The 1st place I ever lived, my parents brought me home from the hospital here after I was born!


A roadside market and a stormy sky somewhere in route from Columbus back up to Toledo – we found our Amish Trail Bologna and picked up some honey here!


Lots of time in the PriusV!

After our three days in Columbus, it was off to Toledo and time to get ready for both the Rickard reunion and Facey reunion. More to follow!

Michigan/Ohio Trip 2013, Days 2-3

The past two days have been a whirlwind of great times with family. So much in fact that I have neglected to take pics of people! :( Today was a low key day with Mom and Dad, driving through Dexter and Ann Arbor. I got to catch a few views of my beloved red barns, we found an incredible park to play at, and Ruby had her 1st Zingerman’s sandwich!

We even got to have a date night with Rachel + Brian while my parents stayed back to watch the kids! It was so much fun to hang out with them that I forgot to take any pics!

Yesterday was equally as great. Mom, Dad, Ruby + I spent the day in Tecumseh with dear cousin Kay and Dave. It was a wonderful day — Kay made her amazing sausage gravy and biscuits for me and we celebrated Dave’s birthday with cake! We had a blast visiting most of the day and then we headed out to Adrian to place an order at my cousin’s pizza shop so we could bring pizza to the reunion on Saturday. Then, we were off to Deerfield to spend the evening with Wes & Brenda and the family! We had fresh sweet corn that was delivered from the farm that morning, delicious veggies and beef sandwiches and some super scrumptious desserts! We loved seeing everyone and the highlight of the evening was Wes busting out his guitar so Ruby could get her 2nd private concert! Ruby was just as enchanted with the music as she was the 1st time we visited in 2011 and she was just 9 months old.


Smalltown USA (Adrian, MI)


Ruby gets a special concert from Wes …


This was her 1st time seeing Wes play when she was 9 months old!

Loving this time with family … leaving Michigan and off to Ohio tomorrow!

Apple Pickin’


We headed up to Oak Glen in Yucaipa on Sunday to do a little apple picking. There are many farms to choose from along the scenic loop to pick your own apples. We stopped at Riley’s and picked some of our own.



After picking apples at Riley’s, we headed over to Oak Tree Village to have some lunch. They had a petting zoo and pony rides, too … but we decided to splurge on a piece of apple pie a la mode instead! It was enormous – it took all three of us to finish it!

We loved all the Braeburns, McIntosh, Rome + Red Delicious apples we picked!
We’ll be back, Oak Glen.

Shots around Detroit


Fun in the Fountains in front of the Ren Center
(p.s. Hey, that’s Canada on the other side!)


The Hotel Yorba is Real! (That White Stripes tribute in my black shirt/red pants is no accident)


A surprise to us, you CAN get good Mexican food in Michigan — you gotta go to Mexicantown. (Jack White’s old stomping grounds in Detroit)


Haunted by the decaying + abandoned Michigan Central Station. One of the saddest, most beautiful things we’ve ever seen. It’s so hard to capture via our pics …


At the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)


Hangin’ inside McNamara terminal at DTW