Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays everyone! It's been awhile since we've checked in, I'm going to stop apologizing for that cuz it happens. Anyway, we've been keeping busy. Eric survived his long bike trip, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with Pop Pop, Grandmom, Aunt B, Uncle Mo, Uncle Al, Tata and Bahareh at Aunt B's house. Eric ran in the Del Ray Turkey Trot in the morning and was ready to stuff himself full when it was time for dinner.

That's Eric waving as he pushes a sleeping Molly in the Turkey Trot.

Caroline & Pop Pop cheering on the racers!

We've been taking advantage of the local festivities for the holidays this month. We visited the White House and saw the big tree with lots of trains around it as well as a tree from every state. We went to the Old Town Scottish Day Parade, their Christmas parade. Lots of kilts and lots of dogs! We stopped into Union Station to see the decorations and warm up after our "photo shoot" for our Christmas card. I don't think there's been a colder, windier day since we've been here! The girls were troopers and withstood the arctic conditions for promises of hot chocolate and cookies! If you look close enough at our faces, you'll see the rosy cheeks and tears in our eyes whipped up from the wind!

Molly and Santa at the Del Ray tree lighting.

The Ros' & the Sultzbaugh's at the Scottish Day Parade.

Jenn & Caroline at the White House Holiday Tree.

We also visited the Serth's in Del Ray for their annual tree lighting. The neighborhood looked beautiful, there was a light snow falling and they had the avenue lit with luminaries. We serenaded Santa with "Here Comes Santa Claus" , he arrived in a police motorcade to a couple dozen children cheering for him. He promptly swooped up Molly, counted down from 10 and lit the tree with her help. She just kind of looked at him and didn't say much. Then we all paraded down the avenue with Santa and the kids were able to get some one on one time with the big man and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Molly's request was "lots of presents!" while Caroline had a much more specific list, being a veteran of Santa's lap.



Both Eric and Caroline are ready for a break from school. We're looking forward to spending some time with out of town friends next weekend before heading to Pennsylvania to celebrate Christmas, then on to South Bend for Tia and Mimi's birthdays as well as New Year's! We've got lots of fun stuff planned for both visits, cow farm tours, sleigh rides, visiting the chocolate factory and a sledding party! I'll try to be good about getting pictures so I can share more. I treated myself to a new lens for Christmas to replace the one I cracked in October, so I'm hoping to get lots over the holidays!