Family Visit

We have had the best time having my parents here. We have been so spoiled and have enjoyed every minute. We spent the first day at Hocking Hills. It was the last day of nice weather. It was absolutely beautiful. The last of the fall leaves were holding on and the weather was just amazing. The reds, yellows and browns made for a very scenic drive and hike. We couldn't have picked a more perfect day.
Here's Julia getting prepped for the hike in front of the pretty trees. She was in the dirt and running the entire time. But she had to do the stairs, "By myself!"
Julia throwing rocks, sticks and leaves in the water. You can see that her little rear end is covered in dirt.

Walking through the Old Man's Cave. My dad said that the cave was named after him. But then it would have to be Old Man With Bad Knees Cave and the name would be too long. Just kidding dad! He did great hiking up and down all of those stairs and even had to keep up with Julia.
The little Cheeser.
My mom and dad with Julia on the bridge. It was just so pretty.
Here we are just hanging out. My parents are very patient with all the feeding, napping and such that goes on at our house. It seems like we have to "hang out" quite a bit, but we had a great time doing it. Julia and my dad love the pretzel rods.
Little Audrey loves getting all of the attention. She has never had this much attention and learned quickly how to work it.
The weather unfortunately turned cold and rainy. We headed to German Village and it was SO pretty. I am so glad we caught the last of the pretty leaves. It is so quaint. My mom and dad brought Julia a new princess umbrella (or underbrella, as Julia calls it) and she was THRILLED to be able to use it. It has a Princess Aurora as the handle. Heaven, pure heaven.
We went to Schmidts and sampled the sausages, german potato salad and such (okay, more like gorged). We also had to get the famous cream puffs for dessert. We tried pumpkin and chocolate peanut butter. Unbelievably good. Don't worry, we only gained fifteen pounds while we were there.
So pretty. I love the brick streets.
My parents stayed in a hotel while they were here and it had the nicest heated swimming pool. Julia loves swimming and when the pool is that warm, you can't resist.
This was Audrey's first swimming experience. She loved it and actually stayed in for a long time.
Luckily Julia is covering most of my swim suit body. That six month post partum belly has no business being in one of these. We had the best time in the pool and the best time with my parents. My dad headed out today, but my mom is staying until Friday. I LOVE visitors and we are so glad they came. Thank you mom and dad for everything!