We had a wonderful holiday season and new year with family and friends in the states! In almost three weeks we were in Cincinnati, Chicago and New Buffalo for lots of visits and fun. We did our best to see as many folks as we could but unfortunately we couldn't fit absolutely everyone in. : ( It was great to spend the holidays with our fantastic familes and to catch up with friends but it also felt really hurried. Each and every person that we saw we wanted to see more of -- a dinner or an afternoon together just didn't feel like enough time at all.
We also fit in a little shopping for things that we wanted to bring back - vitamins, peanut butter, ziploc bags, aluminum foil, makeup and hair products we can't get over here. We even brought over empty suitcases in order to bring them back filled. And, we got in our share of culinary delights that we miss - Mexican food, Skyline, Pequod's Pizza, good red meat and Chinese food.
At the end of our trip we were tired from constantly being on the go and were happy to be headed back to Warsaw and sleep in our own bed and see Charlie!
Thanks to all of our family and friends for the amazing hospitaltiy and for working around our chaotic and crazy schedule. And for those that we didn't get to see please know that we wanted to!
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| A Trip to the Cincinnati Zoo to see the Lights |
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| Mom, Dad and Frosty! |
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| A Visit to Santa with our Nieces |
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| Fun times at Aunt Nancy's! |
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| Grandma and Tom |
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| The newest addition to MA's house - Murphy |
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| Christmas Eve Celebration |
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| Tom trying to sing Christmas Carols |
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| Grandma and her kids |
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| Christmas Day! |
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| Our adorable newphew |
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| Carving the suckling pig for dinner |
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| Our precious niece |
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| Tom x2 |
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| Murphy's relaxing! |
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| Some great family bonding in MI |
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| Tom teaching mom the basics of shooting - who would have thought? |
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| Family Fun |
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| There she goes! |
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| Dad's Turn |
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| She looks like a natural |
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| Charlie misses Pekin! |
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| Great Friends in MI |
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| More great friends! |
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| A great birthday celebration for Mary Alice! |
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| Tom's a good teacher |
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| We love our nieces! |
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| Yes we do! |
