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Tag Archives: Helena
Annual August Ohio Pilgrimage
It was that time of the year – very hot, very humid, the week that preschool is closed, and the week before the new school year begins. For us now, that all signifies that a trip to Ohio to visit … Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Drinking, Eating, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged African Safari Wildlife Park, ATV, budgie, camel, carousel, Catawba Island, Catch Me, Children's Museum of Findlay, corn field, Crazy Rich Asians, Delta, Depot Pizza, DTW, Elmwood, Farnsworth Metropark, heart attack, heart bypass, Helena, Helena Village Park, Maumee River, Ohio, Port Clinton, Quinstock Farms, rain, Sandusky County Fair, SNA, The Biggest Little Farm, Twin Oast Brewing, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
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Ohio, Again
I wasn’t going to go to Ohio at all this year. I took all the kids by myself to Ohio three (1, 2, 3) times last year. This year, I was going to use my time and money to go … Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Eating, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged Bob Evans, bypass surgery, Catch Me, DTW, Elmwood, flowers, garden, Gerry, heart attack, heart bypass, Helena, International Park, Jane, Maumee River, Mercy St. Charles Hospital, Mother's Day, Ohio, Pearson's Metropark, SNA, The Docks, Toledo, Zia's
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Unexpected in Ohio
As I mentioned in my last post, William and I went to Ohio, unexpectedly, in April. The main purpose of our trip was to visit my Dad in the hospital as he worked to recover from a heart attack and … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Baby & Kids, Sightseeing, Travel
Tagged bypass surgery, chickens, cousins, DTW, Gerry, heart attack, Helena, ICU, Imagination Station, LTCH, Mercy St. Charles Hospital, Ohio, sister, SNA, St. Vincent Medical Center, The Garrison, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Zoo, ventilator
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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 & Kids, 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 & Kids, 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 & Kids, 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
