O-H, I-O

In the summer of 2004 Adam and his sister Annie were embarking on two great adventures. The two of them had lived very close to each other while at BYU. Annie got married and her husband was going to medical school at THE Ohio State. While Adam, still unmarried, was going off to law school at the University of Wyoming. Adam says he still remembers the day Annie pulled out of Provo. He went home and packed his apartment up and left for Laramie (probably crying, but he would never admit to that). Over the next six years Annie and her little family have continued to live in Columbus, while Adam finally got married and started to practice law. Well, for the first time ever, we finally got a chance to head out and visit them. Grady did very well on his first big trip. He slept most of the way. We were lucky enough on our longest flight to get an extra seat for the car seat...it was heaven. In this pic Adam looks half awake, while Grady is alert and ready to party. Our first stop in Columbus was at a cool German village thing. Not sure what it is called, but it was a cool place. The best thing about the place was the authentic German sausage we ate. It was a buffet, which made Adam happy. The food was out of this world.

Adam's mom came along for the trip and hung out with us. Annie's little girls were so much fun. Adam called them Odd Job and Jo Jo (their real names are Audrey and Julia), and played with them until he could barely move...we loved every minute of it. This pic was taken just inside the restaurant.
Camille and Annie are ready for some football and beer!!

The streets were all brick, which made it look very authentic and cool. This picture was taken soon after eating. All the girls paced themselves...Adam did not. He ate more sausage than he ever has in his entire life and waddled around like a pregnant woman the rest of the afternoon.

Columbus has one fine zoo!! We were a little surprised when Annie suggested we go to the zoo. The only zoo we had ever been to was Hoggle Zoo in SLC, which is not great. (Note: Adam's other sister Carli says the only thing you can see at Hoggle Zoo is a fat Hippo lying in a small cage with little water and a penny laying on its belly because someone was a good shot.) The Columbus Zoo was amazing, and it was a beautiful day. Note: Adam is indeed wearing an OSU sweatshirt. Many of you are probably shocked that it is not a BYU shirt...but, when in Rome...
They had a polar bear exhibit where you could see them swimming under water...BEST EXHIBIT EVER!!! It was so neat. We sat and watched it for almost an hour straight. Note: Yes, there really were fish swimming around. The Zoo Lady at the exhibit said the bears catch and eat them...Adam was sad not to see this happen.

Adam and Grady were twinners at the zoo. By the end of the day we were all worn out. Note: Adam says at least he was wearing a BYU hat...just so you know.

Our last day there we went to North Market. It was a big building with lots of little shops/eateries. We walked around it for a long time and settled on Italian food...it was spectacular. We also had Jeni's ice cream, which is very unique (and featured frequently on the Food Network). It is not in anyway traditional. We sampled everything from pear to salty caramel (it tasted like caramel with salt...crazy).

The entire trip was a lot of fun...but most of all, Adam was happy to see his little sister and nieces again (Camille liked seeing them too)...even if they didn't really like the nicknames he gave them . Thanks once again Annie and Grandma...we loved it!!!