A Day Around Town

We like our little city, but there really isn't much to offer in the way of tourism.  When company comes to town we seem to take them out of town to do things like the Amish country, Central Dairy ice cream, etc.  Today we had to run some errands, so we made the most of it with our out-of-country cousins.  One stop was downtown at one of the highest spots in town.  We rode up to the top of the tallest parking garage, all nine stories, to get a view.  It's kind of cool, but nothing like riding up 30 or 40 floors of the buildings in downtown Osaka. 

This is looking out towards our house, a few miles south.

We picked up mail for Grandpa and Grandma at the post office.  Oooh, aaaah.

Seriously, the girls were begging to go to the library.  I love our bookworms!  It turned out to be a great stop for the boys too, as there was a four time state yo-yo champion giving a demonstration.  Great stuff!

Yes, Anika intends to read that stack of books in the next three days before she leaves!

These two have formed a neat bond.  Benjamin and Josiah have always enjoyed playing and emailing with each other, but it's been neat to see Elijah and Josiah hanging out quite a bit.  It's as if they've been buddies forever, not just meeting for the first time a month ago.  

We had made plans to make our own pizzas and watch a movie tonight.  I went against my better judgement and turned the oven on despite the 102 temperature outside.  Just as we were about ready to put the pizzas in, the electricity went out!  It was out for about an hour and the house started to get warmer and warmer.  Also, the pizzas were rising higher and higher!  We were all relieved when it kicked back on.  We enjoyed dinner and a movie just a bit later than planned, but it was all good in the end.    

 

Another fun day with the cousins!