ANOTHER big deal for Mr. & Mrs. Barton!!!❤️

We got to be there for her first official signature using her new name.  Well, actually we HAD to be there.  They're officially buying a house! From us.  We all laughed together when we went to drop them off at their place and Siri gave us directions for the long drive home!  Really excited to enjoy their marriage, new job, and new house all play out with them, and happy to have them in the neighborhood long term.  

We had fun with Andy and Sophie at another hockey game❣️

It was stick plushie giveaway night so the lines were a little longer than normal, haha.

We also discovered this cool looking thistle formation…

Riding in a snow squall

Zoe and I were braving the elements last week.

Julie planted some daffodils around the place last fall.

They've bloomed nicely this year :)

I decided to try it this way for a while…

I got tired of my cases and screen protectors.  I figured I'd try rolling with my iPhone "naked" and see how it holds up. They have done of lot of work to beef them up (both the case and the glass), so we shall see…

We enjoyed a yummy Brazilian meal on the way home from prison.

I was satisfied to take a picture of these pretty desserts.  We abstained, but still enjoyed a great meal!

Taking pictures a half mile away

The iPhone has come a long way in being able to replace a "real" camera.  Check out the detail in the top of the state building from almost a half mile away.  I can even make out a bird circling the antenna. The left pic is what I took.  The middle shows there I was standing when I snapped it, and the right shows using Google Maps to measure the distance.  

Ohio weather! Blue skies, sun AND snow…!!

Julie gives scale to this massive structure!

You can see her off in the distance on the ground floor. :)

I liked the perspective of this pic

The nicer cell block

The second cell block was a little newer and considered the Hilton by comparison. Inmates with good behavior could eventually move there.

I really enjoyed the pretty architecture

Imagine being a guard and having to climb the tight spiral staircase for six floors in an emergency!?

Comfy place to call home…?!

Perspective from the inside of a few cells.

A thousand or so inmates per side…

Two sides per cell bock, two cell bocks…. That's a lot of cells!  At times they were overload by almost 2x too!