Holiday Re-Cap

So we're a little behind in our updates, but let this post re-cap our holiday in Cincinnati extravaganza.

This year, we decided to not travel anywhere for the holidays. My mom came into town for Thanksgiving as well as Mike's grandparents, Aunt Mary Ellen and Uncle Bill, Michael Huber's parents, and Se Hwan, not to mention all 9 of us and Noah. We had quite a full house at the Rust B&B in Cold Spring, KY.

For Christmas, we veggied out for 5 days at Mike's parents and participated in a few Christmas traditions including the following:
1. baking cookies
2. watching holiday movies (Rudolph, A Christmas Story, The Grinch, White Christmas, etc.)
3. Gingerbread house making contest (my group won of course--go spouses!!)
4. putting puzzles together
5. playing games (Scrabble and Mille Bornes)
6. decorating the tree
7. hunting at the farm
8. drinking cup after cup of coffee
9. eating Wendy's on Christmas Eve
10. oohing and awing Christmas morning

Mike and Mace Grandpa and Noah

Mike, Andrea, and Ari The winning gingerbread house

For New Year's, Annie came into town and party hopped with us to Nick's, then Katie's. We visited the Art Museum and snuck into the China Now exhibit for free thanks to a sweet elderly docent. Annie also helped us purchase our first piece of furniture--a used Norka Futon. Mike finally agreed with me that our 15 year old hand me down couch needed to go. So we opted for a futon to ensure the comfort for our overnight guests (usually Annie).

Annie, Lisa, Katie, Me, and Robin

Our 3 Cincinnati holidays were a much needed break for the both us. Now we're back to the daily grind with Mike writing his dissertation and me molding the minds of young teens as we are about to embrace the month of February.