The first weekend in May was a weekend of 'first's' for us! Jenny went away to the Women of Faith conference in Columbus as part of a group of 19 from our church here ... and Mark and Abigail had some daddy/daughter bonding time ... from Friday lunchtime til Saturday evening! Jenny had a great time making new friends (they were all up til 1am eating cheesecake in one of the hotel rooms!!!) and having some 'time out' from being a mum, the speakers were really inspiring too, including Anita Renfroe of the infamous 'Mom Song' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXgoJ0f5EsQ). Mark and Abigail had fun together, meeting friends at the park amongst other things!! Mark was crashed out on the sofa on Jenny's return grateful that he doesn't have to single handedly look after Abigail every day!
The second weekend in May was also a weekend of 'first's' for us ... we welcomed Mark's parents to America on Wednesday, so it was our first weekend with them out here ... it was also our first holiday since arriving as we'd booked a cabin in the Hocking Hills for 4 nights, for all of us to explore a different part of Ohio!
Our cabin was lovely, complete with hot tub on the lower deck ... maybe a few too many bear skins and stuffed animals for our liking ... but a really nice place to relax in the middle of nowhere after a crazy 7 months!!!
Around the Hocking Hills are some amazing natural sandstone caves and waterfalls and each day we visited a different one or two!!! To appreciate the scale of the photo above, see the tiny little person at the top, slightly left of centre!!
Abigail enjoyed herself ... surprising us by doing loads of walking ... more than we thought she could manage each day before asking to go in the back pack!!!
For those of you who've been there ... we visited Ash Cave, Rock House, Old Man's Cave and Cedar Falls ... as well as finding some yummy (and not so yummy!!) places to eat!!
For the times when Abigail was tired ... or when the pathway wasn't Abigail friendly ... she was very happy to ride on either of our backs ... if we stopped to take in the beautiful scenery she was quick to tell us to keep going, even pushing our shoulders trying to make us move forward ... Charming!!!
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