Leaving for Ohio:
Left home at 8am and got an uber to the max station. We all loaded onto the max. It took us about an hour and we got to the airport around 9. We accidentally grabbed the wrong passport for J (expired) but he was still able to get through security to board the plane. Grabbed some breakfast for the kids and then made it to our gate about 20 min before boarding. Our plane ended up being delayed by an hour. We gate checked our car seats and then made it onto the plane!

Arriving in CVG! We arrived in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport about an hour later than we had planned. And it turns out our Car Seats did not. Back and fourth from the gate to baggage claim to oversized baggage claim and then to the help desk multiple times across the airport… our seats never made it. The airline gave us loaners for the trip. They guy said he had never had this happen before… I told him I hadn’t either. ha! We spent an addition hour and a half at the airport after we arrived trying to find the car seats were now two and a half hours behind schedule. Arabella saw that we were passing through Kentucky and asked if we could have KFC… so we did. Thank heavens it was open late. We crossed over the border into Indiana on our way to our hotel so the kids could say they had been to Indiana. Then we proceeded to our hotel in Oregon, Ohio.

We pulled into our hotel late… very late. And went to check in. We were supposed to be there 3 hours earlier but because of the delays we weren’t able to. They told us they had cancelled our stays. We asked if they had refunded us and they said no because they closed it out as a no-show. We asked if they could refund it because we weren’t no-shows and after a lot of back in fourth they told us we could stay anyway.

We went to our room and crashed for the night. Hopefully tomorrow will go more smoothly!

And just like that another summer drifted away just like a morning mist. It vanished into yesterday as they always do. the kids went to The same VBS at Clear Creek. Arabella is officially too old so she volunteered to help instead! The boys have been having a lot of fun and Arabella said she would volunteer again next year if we are still in Oregon! I love how friendly the people at this church are even if it isn’t our normal church. It makes me feel like there is hope.

I think we are starting to get tired of 🍅 tomatoes though. Each day it’s a minimum of a basket and sometimes two. Our zucchini and cucumbers are doing well too. Luca is proud of his sunflowers and Arabella’s zinnias are about to bloom. The mini pumpkins are in full swing!

We also visited the state fair… saw lots of animals! It was way too warm for me haha. We lost the stroller but got home safely. We ran into Amy from high school and her daughter who is Arabella’s penpal from the last year.

Next Stop… Ohio?

We dropped Arabella off at 9am on Monday and she took the bus up to Olympia with her friends. She didn’t have her phone so we didn’t hear from her until we picked her up on Friday. She got to be with 3 of her friends from New Hope and 2 of the staff from New Hope. My momma heart had a difficult time with her being away for a week. She did fantastic! We’ve watched the camp updates… from water balloon launches to lots of time in the water and night time worship concerts. I couldn’t wait to hear all about her adventures! She said she had a lot of fun. Her favorite thing was swimming and crafts. She didn’t like the spaghetti but still had a lot of fun… even if only 9th graders got the s’mores. She’s happy and energetic and her joy is contagious. I’m glad she had so much fun. She’s beaming with excitement telling us all about it. Also, she was very excited that her team won at the end of the week… the Green Llamas.