Our 2015 Family Vacation!

Did you go hunting for the Wright Family? If so, where did you find us?

GONE CAMPING!!

Vacation means.. Rest, Rest, Relax and unwind!! And that's just what we did! For the first time in 11 years my entire mediate family (18 total) was able to set a date and go on a 6 day (Sun.-Sat.) vacation together! It is almost impossible to get all of us together for a dinner, much less a vacation.. But all worked out as planned and we had a awesome time!

Leaving our family vacation spot decision to my grandma, she chose.. The Amish Country in Holmes County, Ohio! What a perfect place for all the above.. Rest, Relax and Unwind!

My Brother & Family has a camper as do my Sister & Family. So all 18 of us where able to stay/sleep comfortably on the same Campground in Berlin, OH! All three lots where door to door, right in the heart of Amish Country! It was so neat, setting around the camp fire and watch the horse and buggies go by.. Just my kind of Vacation!

It always taste better when someone else dose the cooking!

Every morning, the men cooked up breakfast. On Tuesday morning the men served us Omelets! I have to say, it was the best Omelet I have ever had! Very tasty with: onion/green pepper/mushrooms/olives/cheese/green chilies/tomatoes/ham and bacon.

  

You can't go to Amish country without eating some Amish cooked food! We Visited the Amish Door Restaurant, Der Dutchman Restaurant, Der Bake Oven Bakery and Cafe, and Mrs. Yoder's Kitchen (twice). Family Favorite?...... Mrs. Yoder's! That was out of this world, in one word, Delicious! 

We also sampled bakery's at 5 different locations, as well as two cheese factories. 

For a midnight snack we sat around the open fire and enjoyed all the normal camping/fire pit foods.. Chicken and vegetables/hot dogs/ hamburgers/roasted marshmallows/smore's and more. 

Mollie and Megan (the two horses) took us on a wagon ride to tour one of the farms. We got to see and hand feed lots of animals along the way. 

This farm was right down my grandmas alley, taking her back to her young days....She loved it! Cow's/Zebras/Lama/Pigs/Giraffes/Sheep/Deer/Elk/Goats/Camel and many more. The animals where a bit up to close and personal for me.... I just sat back and enjoyed my ride!

After touring the Farm, the kids got to watch two young Amish girls Milk the Cows, and they let the kids feed a calf with a bottle afterwards as well. They were just amazed!

Before leaving the farm we got to tour their house and sample some cookies while we toured! YUM! I would have loved to had the recipe! The house was absolutely beautiful!

My parents viewing the Amish flower garden. 

Our kids has not had a very good place to ride their bikes here at home. So both Benjamin and LaDessa still had training wheels when they left home. After a day, LaDessa decided it was way to hard to ride a bike with training wheels on gravel, so she ask her daddy to remove them. He took them off and after about five minutes she got the hang of it and was constantly riding... Just another one of those bitter sweet moments for mommy.

JaHanna was all over the place... just like a 20 month old normally is! She has no fear of anything! From the kiddie pool, to the fire pit, and befriending the horses.. she was amazed. Thankfully, she was not kicked, did not drown or did not get any burns!

Down the road from our camp site was a free petting farm/zoo, along with horse and pony rides. We had blast there! Benjamin's favorite part of our vacation had to be the Pony Ride. He could not get enough of it.

My sister and her family at the petting zoo.

On Thursday the 25th Jay and I celebrated our 10th year Wedding Anniversary! What better place to celebrate! Jay always does some type of surprise gift for me on our anniversaries, but this year he told me that I was to pick something out from Amish county. 

It did not take me very long to make a decision... Amish made wind mill and several Amish made baskets. For years I have wanted a wind mill for my landscaping....And my sweet husband made it possible!

I loved going into all the little Antique Shops and Flea Markets to look at all the hand made items made by the Amish. 

And you have to love stopping by the Fruit markets and stock up with lots of  home grown fruits and veggies!  

It is so hard to believe that our 2015 vacation has come and gone, but each one of us thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Amish Country! We were so blessed to have had all the family in good health and able to go! We truly had a blast!

May 2015!

It has been several months... I know that there has been lots of water flow under the bridge and I can not remember everything since my last post, but at least I can post about the month of May! June will follow in a few weeks!
   Since May first, lots of things have taken place around here, starting with a wonderful week of revival (with Bro. Shannon Justice)! What a good way to start the month off! Revival ended on Friday night and Jay started a glorious week revival on Saturday night at a church nearby where my brother pastors. God blessed every night! It was awesome!
    Earlier in the year I was ask to take on Teacher/Staff Appreciation Day for LCA this year... So the second week of May, it was pulled off  (with Sis. Amy (a school mom) being my side-kick)!

 The room fit just perfectly with my theme idea! Rustic! 

Instead of disposable cups, LaDessa and I decided to attach a heart warming note (A Teacher, Takes a Hand, Opens a Mind and Touches a Heart) to a reusable cup for each staff member from LaDessa. It turned out very nice! 

We had lots of food! Several of the mothers so graciously helped! They were willing to do what ever they could do, to help make this day a success! It was very much appreciated! Sis. Amy and I had a great time together and I so greatly enjoyed it! Thanks Amy!

Oh! I almost forgot to mention our church youth group Rock-A-Thon that was held that same week as well! Needless to say, revival/Teacher & Staff day and the Rock-A-Thon all in the same week.. looking back, is a complete blur. But it was worth it!

 In February we had purchased tickets (departing May 23rd) to fly out to WA and drive the RV back (given to us by Jay's dad before his passing). We tried to plan our trip so that LaDessa would attend the last week of school (thinking all was good to go)...In March, the school decided that the students would have to go an extra week to make up for snow days. 

Saying all that to say this, LaDessa had to miss that last week of school again this year. Her class decided to do their fun week, a week early so that LaDessa could be there! It was very thoughtful! One day during that week Benjamin, JaHanna and I got to be in on some of the fun! 

Sis. Amy put together lots of games for the classmates..while I got off easy by bringing pizza, cupcakes and treat bags for lunch. Amy also ended the day with snow cones! LaDessa had so much fun and was thrilled to have her brother and sister in attendance! We hated that we had to miss awards day, but we had no other choice. Life!

The Flight out to WA went pretty smooth, considering I had a 19 month old in my lap for 7 hours. While in WA we got to visit Dad Wright's grave site. Timing for memorial day was just perfect! We were in WA for a short two days before starting back, so we crammed in as much family visits as possible. We left out early hours on Tuesday morning, making our way back home, driving 8-10 hours each day. Mom Wright traveled back to IL with us, where we dropped her off at Jay's sisters place. We arrived there in IL on Friday and left out for KY on Saturday morning. Quick, but nice visit! It was good to get to see them!

 The kids LOVED the entire RV ride back home! Comfort! 

Lots of awesome views, just beautiful! 

Our Traveled states back were: Washington/Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/ Minnesota/Wisconsin/Illinois/Indiana.. and after 9 days...KY was the prettiest state of all!
Before ending this post, I will leave you with some pictures, upon request!

May was definitely a very busy month, but June has been just as busy. Our actual vacation is coming up in just a few days now!!.....I will be making a June post soon! You may just find the Wright Family, GONE CAMPING! Stay Tuned!