Ohio

My sister in law had a baby a couple of weeks ago and I just couldn't wait to get my hands on her so we hopped in the car and drove up to meet this little sweetie last Friday!

It was a nice distraction for the kids while daddy is away.  We had 4 kids under 4 in the house, though, and it did get a little crazy.  (3, 2, 1 and new...whew!)

The kids L-O-V-E-D the front porch swing.  I think we could have spent the entire trip out there and they would have had 0 complaints.

Nana, Papa and Aunt Kim drove out, too, so that we could all spend some time together.  

There was a lot of story time...

Nana and Papa had a pool at their hotel and we took full advantage of it while they were in town.        

Logan loves the pool, but Brody isn't quite as sure.  He spent a lot of time cuddling Nana while the others swam.

Though, he did want to check it out after a while.

The boys bonded over video games.

We had fun dressing them all up in matching outfits and taking pictures.  I'm sure one day they'll all mock us for this.

Getting them all to look at the camera was impossible.

Memorial day was spent outside in the pools.  The kids ran back and forth from the pools to the house, where they "painted" the side of it with water.  

 They took amazing naps that day.

Here is a rare moment where all three older kids were happily playing together, quietly:

Sweet Abby Mae just took it all in.  She seemed perfectly used to the chaos.

We also spent some time in IKEA.  I think I could move in there and be happy.  Logan could, too, as long as she had free reign over all of the toys/tents/tunnels.

The drive was long, but the kids did FANTASTIC.  We stopped only once on each leg of the trip (a 9 hour journey).  It was fun to get away!