The Holidays

I got lucky again for Christmas because the Ohio weather was mild while I was home. It was so awesome to have the whole family together! That probably won’t happen again until next Christmas with me living abroad, Weston in the Marines, and now Maddi in the National Guard. The week was great. We played lots of games like always; Weston and Dad even played some!

Weston and I went out for drinks one night (our first time going out since he’s been 21!). By chance we knew the bartender and then some lady paid for all our drinks because of Weston being in the service. So we had to have Maddi pick us up around 3 AM. We did not hear the end of that story all week, especially because we were really hurting the next day. We will probably hear about that story every Christmas from now on…

On Christmas Eve, we went out to dinner, attended midnight mass, and had midnight breakfast like always. On Christmas day, we actually hosted the dinner at our house for the first time. It was nice not to have to go anywhere and the food was awesome as always.

The Hunters 

I got to see a handful of friends, which is always fun. Some of us went out to the Arena District on Friday but everything was dead. Even the piano bar was empty. I guess people were still doing holiday stuff.

After a relaxing week in Ohio I was off to Florida. It was a relief to return to warmer weather and the BEACH! Most of the week was spent catching up with friends, riding my bike, and buying stuff to take back.

So happy!

A friend hosted a New Years Eve party that was a lot of fun. They had live music and lots of good food and wine... Basically all of my favorite things so it was a fantastic way to bring in 2015. 

We got these glasses for free in Curacao so we 

figured we'd use them to celebrate a great 2014 :P

On New Years day, Lane and I went to St. Augustine and took a boat tour of the lights. I always love going to St. Auggie. But don't worry, we made sure we were back in time to watch the Buckeyes win the Sugar Bowl :)

Lots of lights

Unfortunately my three week break went all too quickly and I had to return to reality.