Red Roof Inn Columbus Grove City

my first impression about Columbus was that the people are
extraordinarily friendly. I had begun to think that Americans were
modestly friendly in comparison to the Vietnamese but that was my
mistake and I had become to accustomed to San Francisco.

The atmosphere is much more laid back and I felt very much at peace
there compared with the noise and activity of San Francisco. The main
activity was going to a ...

... br>~Talia's shoe and bracelet obsession! She is always wearing bracelets and even sometimes refuses to take them off before bed. Same thing with the shoes or slippers.
~ Talia is fascinated with Christmas lights, but doesn't really understand what the big deal is about the fat guy in the red suit!
~ Talia has conquered her fear of the bathtub and now sits and plays in the tub, instead of standing and screaming or clawing at the tub like a cat.
~ Talia's ...

... Scott's parents and then Micki Hammond, a girl I went to high school with bought her some more bath toys too which was so nice! Talia has been sleeping through the night great! Last night she slept from 9pm until 10am this morning!

Right now we are over at my mom's house. Scott and my dad our moving their swingset to our house. Talia is playing with the twins. She watched them have a bath and then they all had lunch ...

Bon voila nous avons fait pas mal de route et sommes installes a Columbus, Ohio dans un Days Inn. Nous sommes partis de Montreal a 7h45 pour arriver ici vers 22h45. Total environ 1150km. Les enfants ont tres bien supporte le voyage. Nous nous dirigeons demain pour Oklahoma City.

Well, here we are in Ohio. We're heading towards Mentor so I can visit some rellies who live there, so we'll either make that our destination today, or do a quick visit into Amish country in Pennsylvania first and then head back towards Mentor.

I only realised ...

We can't believe there is only 1 week left until we leave for Ukraine! This week we are finishing getting our paperwork in order, stopping our paper, forwarding our mail, getting extensions on our prescriptions, making sure that we will have internet access, charging all our electronics, and starting to pack! We are also trying to spend as ...

... 9th at 4:30pm. Scott and I both plan on working through October 7th so that we have as much time as we can with the children when we get back home. Luckily OSU has been great with both Scott and I in regards to us taking time off.

Scott flew in from Boston where he had an afternoon work meeting.

The kids and I drove to Columbus after school. We went through Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia (again), and finally to Ohio.

We saw a replica of Columbus's Santa Maria on the river in town.

Got up early to catch our plane back the the States. We had a layover in Boston, which got delayed for weather. The flight back was uneventful. Dad picked us up at the airport and we filled him in on all of our trip adventures. We were really tired and jet-lagged when we got back to Ohio, so it was an early night.
What a great trip!

... That airport is so dirty and old and is not comforting to travelers! Has some drinks at the only open cafe in the entire airport as we waited for our flight. We then had to move to another terminal to catch our next flight. The flight to Dublin took off at 0700 the next morning so we were in Ireland bright and early!