Trip to the Buckeye State - Part I

Early last Wednesday morning, Geoffrey and I left the house and headed towards Dayton, Ohio for the first leg of a two part trip. We arrived at Geoffrey's grandparents house around and got a great tour of their new garden home. I'm pretty jealous of the fact that they no longer have to do yardwork or shovel snow, but I guess when you reach their age you deserve it!

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner Wednesday night with Grandma & Grandpa Ruhl, Aunt Barb, cousins Stephanie & Eric (Adam was performing with his sax at another state), Eric's girlfriend Bryce and Stephanie's friend Tim. Afterwards Eric and Bryce had some fun with the camera.

Who knew washing dishes could be so interesting!

Eric goofing around with his poor mother. She sure is a good sport.

The whole gang. Thanks to Bryce for taking this picture. I'm glad there is someone other than myself who loves taking group pictures when they have the chance.

Thursday we headed to a local park and learned a lot about Dayton's history. Geoffrey really liked this sun dial...maybe we'll have to get one at the house.

We then headed to a quick lunch, followed by a brief stop in downtown Dayton to look at some nifty bronze statues. Then we got a tour of the University of Dayton, where Grandpa Ruhl, 2 of his daughters, Mom Buescher & Aunt Cindy, along with Grandpa Buescher, 2 of his children, Uncle Michael & Aunt Chris, and their spouses, Aunt Diane & Uncle Med all went to school! I guess all roads lead to UD.

After breakfast we packed up our bags and got back on the road for our trip to Canton. Although short, we had a great time and hope to go back soon.

And if you have a little extra room in your prayers, I ask that you say one for Geoffrey's dear Aunt Barb. She is battling a very rare disease and is currently waiting for a kidney transplant. We are all hopeful that the right match will come along and that Barb will be able to return to her normal life and routine.