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Thursday, May 10, 2012

We made it! 10+ hours to get here on this particular Thursday... but we made it. :D  We decided to drive to Mimi & Pap's before heading to Cleveland for Grandma's Memorial service... and it was well worth it! 

Complete with 4-wheeler rides...

and swinging with Pap :D

This was the start of their relationship that grew stronger over the next four days. I think it has something to do w/Pap's teasing... b/c Lydia actually likes it ;)

and fearless pushing :D

Also special b/c all my aunts & Uncle Jim & Uncle John came over for supper & to deliver this special stone bench in honor of Grandma.

Pap trying to get more girls interested in his games...

but it was Lydia who kept coming back for more :D

I adore this next series of pictures b/c of the expressions on their faces!  Here's Pap convincing :)

Lydia contemplating...

She decides to trust him :)

maybe (?!)

but she did it!  And this was the first of MANY jumps to come over the weekend...

Mimi & Lindsay on Grandma Rita's bench...

yup... another jump ;)

smiles kept getting bigger & bigger...

and the rough-housing increased more & more...

Lydia loved it.

And "Paaa-p!" was hooked... or maybe it was the other way around ;)
Regardless, it was really stinking cute :)

poor Carson hit his head :(

feeding the fish... I think she's listening intently to instructions?

how ... did they all get so big?!

Uncle Jim & Aunt Jayne.... aren't they adorable?!

Aunts... Dawn, Connie & Lori! Giving each other a hard time as usual ;)

love...

Ms. Lydia loving the pond...

and never fell in surprisingly enough...

Before I knew it, the clock said 10 o'clock!  Such a wonderful start to an amazing weekend...