A few weekends ago we headed to Ohio to visit our college friends Mark and Jenny. For the long weekend away my mom and Paul took Cassidy and Andy’s parents had Ben. Friday we went to a huge indoor market to pick up supplies for dinner. Afterwards we just hung out at their house and watched Ender’s Game.

Saturday morning we slept in until 9, it was wonderful. After a big breakfast we headed out for a tour of Amish Country!

Quilt shops, wine and cheese tastings, bakeries, country stores, Amish restaurants, oh my! It was the first time I’d ever pumped in a car too ;-) As nice as it was to not have kids that weekend, I was still tied to that darn milker machine.

Telephone booths outside of the Amish businesses. They can use phones, just not have them installed in their buildings.

It was so much fun driving around hitting special spots all day. Mark knew all the fantastic little places to visit. We got to chat along the way too, here we were talking about Andy’s beard. They hadn’t seen us in a while and were quite surprised by it ;-) Actually, one of the college students at church has given the beard the name Brutus. Quite appropriate. And for anyone wondering, no, I am not a fan.

Such a fun day!

Saturday night we went to an ice carving festival in town. It was cooooold, but some of the sculptures were so pretty.

Before we headed home Sunday, the boys got a little target shooting in too.

Thanks so much for the wonderful weekend guys!