My Birthday

For my birthday this year, I wanted to do something fun with the family especially since the kids had been away for 3 weeks. We rented a pontoon boat at Tappan Lake about an hour away from home. It had a big enough motor so the kids could go tubing. We took a picnic and spent the entire day on the boat. We motored to the beach area where the kids could swim for a while, but it was actually a lot more fun just finding little lagoons and swimming right off the boat. My sister, Deana was able to spend the day with us. It was absolutely perfect!

Home again!

Anyone who knows us very well, knows that Steve's children, Elizabeth and Jacob had to make their first trip back to California since moving to Ohio. They were away for 3 weeks, which seemed like 3 months to their daddy. Since they are underage, they had to be chaperoned from gate to gate and airport to airport. Here is Steve signing for them when they arrived back at the Canton airport.

There were lots of hugs and lots of tears!

Home again!!

Olde Harbor Inn

Thanks to Steve, we found a new place to dine outdoors; Olde Harbor Inn. It has a really neat deck overlooking the lake and we are told that in the winter, the lake freezes over for ice skating. There is a nice fireplace inside for those cold Ohio days.