As well as having a nice break in the Hocking Hills ... we had lots more fun with Grandma and Gramps ... they were here for most of May ... and it seems unbelievable that it's already been a couple of weeks since they headed back home to the UK! Abigail soon set about renaming them ... Grandma and Gramps was too much of a mouthful, so Gargar and Bubba was her choice and both names have well and truly stuck now!!
They were taken to see the usual sights round here ... the hangar ... where Mark is busy training. They were able to see what he's up to on a normal working day ... as well as visiting during the Open House weekend. Mark's Dad also spent a day up in the hangar working alongside the guys on a little project for us!!
We took Bubba and Gargar to Zanesville ... the closest 'real' shops and of course up into Amish country too! The last couple of weeks they were here they also rented a car and took several more trips into Amish country exploring the beautiful countryside just half an hour from our home.
While they were here we also took them and Pastor Dan and his wife to have dinner with an Amish family ... something we had done when we'd only just moved here back at the end of October last year. It was lovely to return to the same family and they remembered us, especially Abigail and were pleased to see she is growing up fast! Jenny was also able to go and watch Mark play softball as part of our church team, while the grandparents babysat ... and another week Mark's dad went to see what it was all about!
Abigail enjoyed having a couple of extra people to play with every day and it was really nice that Val and Phil had a substantial amount of time to spend with Abigail (and us!!) too!
As well as playing ... Val and Phil also helped us out a lot ... doing some of things on our to do list which is ever growing and never getting completed!! Val made Abigail some very cute monkey pyjamas from material we found a couple of months ago ... and Phil made a great little gate (the day he was in the hangar!) so that our front porch could be much more Abigail friendly!! We have been out there daily since!
They also gave us some money towards a very early 2nd birthday present for Abigail ... it was something we'd been thinking about getting ... and knew that it would get a lot of use before September 13th (which it has already!) ... so it was definitely a great choice! Not sure who had more fun during the assembly process!!!
One of Abigail's favourite pastimes continues to be reading her books ... and so true to form ... no visitor escapes without sharing lots of time on the floor enjoying them with her!
As always when visitors leave ... Abigail spent the next couple of days after they flew home asking where Bubba and Gargar were ... thanks to Skype we won't have to wait for them to fly out again before we can see them face-to-face!!!
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