Thanksgiving in Lawrenceburg!

Hello everyone!

We had such a fun, relaxing weekend when we came back to Ohio for Thanksgiving.  We spent the holiday with Blake's family in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.  Oh, it was a trip full of surprises!

Awesome Foursome!

We left after I got off work at 7:30 Wednesday night.  That meant that we got into Lawrenceburg at 4:30am Thursday.  Though we drove throughout the night, we had our good friend Joey carpooling with us.  Between that, Christmas music, and late-night coffee breaks at McDonald's, the trip went faster than we expected. Though it was exciting to be back to see everyone, we wouldn't really get to say hello until a more appropriate morning hour; or so we thought.  My cousin, Angie, surprised us by camping out in the basement to welcome us home. She wasn't supposed to make it back for the holiday at all-- let alone be waiting for us in the middle of the night. I think I woke the house up because I screamed so loud with excitement.  It's the first time in a long time that the four cousins, Blake, Morgan, Angie, and Maria were all home.  Bless Joe for hanging around so much estrogen.

Tater and Joe

Another surprise awaited us with Tater, the new dog that my Aunt Karen and Uncle Don adopted.  We deduced that "Tater" was short for "Couch PoTater" because this dog is literally the biggest cuddle monster ever. If he never left the couch, he'd probably be happy. Cue the cute picture of Joe and Tater snuggling!

 Another fun little surprise, Christmas came early!  Joe and I discussed going out and doing some Black Friday shopping but decided against it, especially after having such a long and stressful drive the night before.  Little did we know that my Uncle Don went out to buy us our Christmas present from himself, Aunt Karen, Aunt Linda, and Uncle Greg: a new flatscreen tv.  I don't know if I can describe the extent of Joe's excitement.  The poor man has been stuck streaming ESPN on his computer for the entire Buckeye season and now that it's over, he has the ability to stream it to our big screen. It's awesome, I'll admit.  But who needs electronics when you can make Christmas cookies?!

Cookie Time with Angie and Morgan!

Last surprise, we were in Columbus on Saturday night to pick up our friend Joey to carpool back to DC when Joe's parents and family invited us for a evening of pizza, chit-chat, and Joe's little nephew Liam having so much fun with his new-found ability to walk and say "Wow", "Mama", and "Cracker". 

 It was great to see so many people on our trip.  It makes us realize that no matter how wonderful this adventure is out here in D.C., there really is no place like home. 

Sisterly Love!

Thank you to everyone who made this an amazing holiday!