Trip to Cleveland

We went to Cleveland, Ohio to see all of my Dad's family at the end of July.  We were scheduled to go after Christmas, but since we all had the stomach bug, we had to reschedule.  We had such a nice week.  Martin did AMAZING in the car.  I don't know what I expected, he always rises to the occasion.  It was about a 14 hour day, and he did great.  We stopped and got out to walked around every few hours, and I think it made a huge difference for everyone (myself included).

Swinging!

Shoveling the snow.....or was it just the sidewalk

Puzzles with Papa

Creek Fun

Help Me!

Having a blast

Come on in the water's fine

Three Martins

Who cares what your hair looks like if you have Spongebob Ice Cream

Back swing

We went down to Lake Erie

We spent two full days at Tinker's Creek, and Martin absolutely loved it.  The water was a little cool, but Martin didn't even notice.  By the second day, he didn't want to get out for lunch, and cried when we had to leave.  He is such an outside kid!  Which is a blessing.  We also went to a pool party where Martin got to meet MOST of the Martin side that he had never met.  And, rounded the trip out with a wedding shower, where we got the see the rest of the crew.  My dad has 5 brothers and sisters, I have 20 cousins, and there are now 9 great grandkids on the Martin side.  So, it was a lot of new faces for Martin, but he LOVED it!  I mean who isn't up for some extra attention.  We also took Bryan down to Lake Erie so he could see his first Great Lake....he said, it was a GREAT Lake.