Wednesday, April 18, 2012

My Grand Adventure, Part II

My Grand Adventure with Megan and the Portmans did not end when we left the zoo!  We all stayed the night at a hotel in Columbus!  The best part about the hotel was that it had a pool and we got to go swimming.  Megan and I were very excited about that!  We had a lot of fun with Maria and Sarah in the water.  After a fun and busy day we went back to our room showered, ate dinner, and settled in for the night.  The next morning we got up early enough that we had time to swim one more time before we left and headed back to Dayton.
Megan and I are ready to swim and
showing off our new Columbus Zoo shirts!
Maria and Sarah are pretending to be turtles!
Heading back to our room for the night!
Settling in for the night!
"Good Morning Mom!"  Starting our day with a swim!
Time to check out and head back to Dayton.
No bell hops for us, we can wheel our own luggage!
On our way out of Columbus we made a quick PIT stop at Panera for some lemonade, chocolate chip bagels, and a Panera Iced Tea.  When we arrived back in Dayton it was time for lunch so we stopped by Marion's pizza for a bite.  Then we decided to visit the Sprinkle park.  It was too cold to play in the water, but we did have a chance to play on the playground.  After that Aunt Debbie got us another little treat before we made our way home!  It was a wonderful adventure with Aunt Debbie, Maria, Sarah, and Megan.  I can't wait until we can do it again!  Thanks Aunt Debbie, Maria and Sarah for taking such good care of us!  I love you!

PIT stop!  I do like their lemonade.
Marion's Pizza, yep we're back in Dayton.
Proof that Aunt Debbie was on this trip! 
One last special treat before we head back to
our Mommies and Daddies.


3 comments:

Debbie said...

Natalie,

You did a great job of sharing our Grand Adventure.

We will have to keep this tradition! Maybe someday we can add Katelyn to our grand adventure group!

I am glad you had as much fun as your cousins and I did!

Love, Aunt Debbie

geri said...

WOW - you go Aunt Debbie!!!! What great memories for all of you. I wish I lived closer, I'd join the grand adventure - I mean with all that fun who would not want to go!
..Aunt geri

Golf Girl said...

What a great adventure!! Can I join you sometime?

Love Aunt Anna!!!