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Tag Archives: Helena
January Trip to…Ohio?!
We have had unseasonably warm temperatures in SoCal this “winter” and very little rain. Boo! To contrast this, and, really, to attend and celebrate my new niece’s baptism, the girls and I flew to Ohio when I was 29 weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Baby, Travel
Tagged 4-wheeler, baking, baptism, Catch Me, Chicago Children's Museum, chocolate chip cookies, Helena, icicles, Journey's Family Fun Center, Kids on the Fly, ORD, Otterbein, SNA, snickerdoodles, snow, snow angel, snow play, TOL, Toledo Express Airport, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
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O-H-I-O (& New York!) Family Trip
In September, prior to my maternity leave ending, I flew to Ohio (alone) with both girls. I know, sounds a little crazy, but honestly, the flights went really well. The worst part of the entire day of travel was the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Baby, Eating, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged 9/11 Memorial, Birchard Public Library, cabin, chickens, Clymer, Depot Pizza, East Side Park, Fremont, Gibsonburg, Grand Rapids, Helena, Little People, New York, Ohio, Otterbein, Rileigh's Closet, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Zoo & Aquarium, Williams Park
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Summer Family Visits
Just like we did last year (see here, here, and here), we traveled to Ohio and Livermore this summer to visit our families. First, Vivian and I spent ten days in Ohio with my family (and also attending my professional association‘s … Continue reading
Posted in Baby, Drinking, Eating, Sightseeing, Travel, Wine Tasting
Tagged 4th of July, Bob Evans, Chateau Tebeau Winery, Columbus, Columbus Dispatch, fireworks, Granada Bowl, Grater's, Helena, Hyatt Regency, Livermore, Lizzie Fountain Park, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Ole Zim's Wagon Shed, pellet gun, Pleasantville, Radio Flyer, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, STC Summit, summer, Tenuta Vineyards, Toledo Zoo
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Vivian’s First Christmas
My Aunt Jane is appalled (as are my in-laws, I’m sure) that we don’t put up a Christmas tree. Or decorate our house for Christmas in any other way. But…we have never spent Christmas in our own house. That will … Continue reading
Going to Grammy & Papa’s
After two visits this past summer to visit Grandma and Grandpa Chambers in Livermore, it was time for Vivian to make a cross country flight to visit her Grammy and Papa Damschroder in Ohio. Although she’d met her Grammy (my mom) and … Continue reading
Showered with Love and Snow in Ohio
Ohio has had a very snowy and cold winter. California, on the other hand, has had a very dry and warm winter. And yet, I left warm and sunny SoCal to fly to Ohio when I was 30 weeks pregnant. … Continue reading
Posted in Baby, Holidays, Travel
Tagged baby shower, Gibsonburg, Helena, Mercy St. Charles Hospital, MLK, Ohio, polar vortex
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