The Ohio Forty-Eight

We had a short but really good trip to Ohio this weekend, squeezing as much as we could out of the 48 hours we were there. We flew in on Saturday morning, and Jason's family picked us up and took us to North Market in downtown Columbus. We perused the indoor market there (and tasted this wonderful blackberry salsa so good we had to buy some) and then walked around the farmer's market outside before finding a good Greek restaurant for lunch. Justin entertained us the whole time with the story of his very ill-fated camping trip the previous month, complete with a 1970's era motorhome that required him to slide under it to manually put it into park or drive and a long night on Lake Erie with a broken-down boat.

We went to Grandmom's for pizza on Saturday night, and then on Sunday after church we had a fun celebration for all the August events--Justin's new job (yay!), Jason's birthday, our anniversary, and Lynda's birthday. Lynda made a delicious dinner and got three miniature cakes to celebrate each occasion, including a delicious red velvet one in honor of our wedding cake five years ago! Such a cute idea!


We ended the evening with a gospel hoedown and ice cream social at Grammy's assisted living area--three bluegrass bands, three kinds of ice cream. Jason and Justin went to see their grandpa, who suffers from Alzheimers, and it was fun to spend time with both of his grandmas. Lynda starts school this week and Justin starts his new job next week, so we're glad we were able to slip in for the weekend before the busy season gets underway!