Our stay in Cleveland is almost at an end and I thought everyone might want a peek at what we've been up to in the intervening time that we haven't been sharing with you...
Mostly, we've been sorting and emptying the 3000+ square foot home that Stephen's grandparents formerly inhabited. It's been a lot of work, emptying bookshelves, taking down art collections, and calling in extended family members to help lighten the load, but I hope this will make a nice home for Cindy & Michael once it's finished.
In between all of that, though, we've been going on day-trip excursions to visit other Ohio family and see some sights. I'd love to sit here and just list everything we did, but you'd probably rather see the pictures than read my ramblings, so without further ado...
June 8, 2012
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| Visiting grave-sites |
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| Porter placing stones on the headstone |
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| Pretty Ohio sunset |
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| Michael (Stephen's dad) |
June 11, 2012
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| Nika, hanging out |
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| Nate's lawn gargoyle |
June 12, 2012
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| Porter on his tricycle |
June 26, 2012
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| Seren & Porter sitting in a carriage at Middlefield Cheese Factory |
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| Honey Bee Tree in Burton, OH |
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| Burton Log Cabin Sugar Camp |
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| Chagrin Falls, OH |
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| Lower falls |
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| Upper falls |
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| An unlikely volunteer |
July 1, 2012 - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
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| Elephant |
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| Koala with baby |
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| Red tree kangaroo |
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| Flamingos |
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| Tortoise |
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| Dragon Moray Eel |
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| Red piranha |
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| Mudskipper |
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| A (very) pregnant seahorse |
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| Ostrich |
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| Stork |
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| Baby giraffe |
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| A sparrow and a chipmunk with his cheeks full |
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| Alaskan brown bears |
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| Polar bear |
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| Inchworm |
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| Amur tiger |
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| Rhinoceros |
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| A couple of primates |
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| Elephant crossing |
July 2, 2012 - Visiting with Adam, Maria, & Tucker at Chagrin Falls
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| Left to right: Seren, Tucker, Porter |
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| Maria & Tucker |
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| Adam |
July 3, 2012 - Somerton Independence Day parade
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| Rocket car |
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| Rocket car |
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| Getting ready for the parade |
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| Marching in the parade |
July 7, 2012
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| Visiting Papa Mac & Grandma AJ |
July 8, 2012 - Porter's 3rd birthday extravaganza!
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| Two innocent faces |
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| Outside the Cleveland Museum of Natural History |
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| The planetarium inside the Cleveland Museum of Natural History |
T-Rex hands!
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| Irish Elk skelton |
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| Birthday pie |
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| (It was also Sean Waxman's 27th birthday) |
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| 2 pieces of pie! |
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| Blue tongue |
Nice! My sis-in-law spends her summers in Chagrin Falls!
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