Indiana!

June 28 - July 4 Eli and I had the opportunity to go to Indiana to visit my relatives and we took it! Alison, Wyatt, Claire, Eli, and I took the van and Mutti and Vati drove with us in their car. We had to make a number of stops along the way and it was very helpful to have them with us to help with the 3 munchkins! Unfortunately both Jason and Matt had to work that week. Hopefully they'll get to go the next time!

Mutti and Vati on the road.

At one point all 3 of them were "reading" these cute little books from Grandma.

We had a week full of going from place to place and visiting lots of relatives. We stayed with my cousin Michelle. She even gave up her room for us! Alison and I shared her bed, Wyatt slept on the floor in there, and Eli slept in a pack-n-play in her closet! Claire slept in a pack-n-play another room. It actually worked out really well! Here are some pics from our trip. We had a lot of fun!

Visting at my Grandma & Grandpa Eakright's house, our cousins and their kids came over to hang out too.


Grammy and Great-Grandpa hanging out with Eli!

We had taco pizza from Pizza Hut at my Aunt Vicki and Uncle Doug's house. Indiana is the only place I know of that has taco pizza's at their Pizza Huts...and it's awesome!!

We got to spend some time with my Grandpa & Grandma Nichter too!

Wyatt loving on his little cousin!

Just hanging out at Michelle's house!

We went to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and had fun looking at the animals, riding the train, and ....sleeping!

Eli is checking out the bird!

Taking a nap at the zoo.

The whole zoo gang, minus me and Eli. He's still sleeping on me while I'm taking this picture.

A fun train ride to end our day at the zoo!

This was Eli's first time on a train, I think he liked it!

We were also in town for the birth of one of our second cousins, Alivia Brynn Mowery! Our cousin Jason and his wife Hollie now have two little girls! It was so fun to get to see them while they were still in the hospital! What great timing to be in Indiana to experience this, oddly enough this is actually the second time we have been there when a cousin had a baby! I guess when you have 34 first cousins the chances of that happening are better than if you had 5!

Hollie and big sister Abby.

Our cousin Jason with Alison and the new baby, Alivia!

Our last day we went to a lake with our cousins Michelle & Angie, and her kids Gracie and Austin, to have some fun in the sun!

Eli, Claire, Alison, & Michelle getting ready for lunch!

Eli playing in the sand. Also the last picture of him with a paci!
On our trip home he refused to take it and hasn't used one ever since!

Grandpa with the kiddos during a pit stop on the trip home!