On Saturday, we took a leisurely stroll through the neighborhood. It really is a pleasant area to saunter about, so we showed them a few sights by foot and found ourselves a Caribou Coffee shop where we just had to make a stop! We shared a few slices of holiday bread, warmed up with a bit of coffee, and chatted before we began our trek (it really wasn't that far...) back to the home front.
Before Mom and Scott arrived, Brian and I purchased some surprise tickets to the Columbus Blue Jackets Ice Hockey game for Saturday night. So, before we headed to the game, we met Mary and Tom at Buca di Beppo, a family style Italian Restaurant right next to the hockey arena for a little family gathering and dinner. We shared sangria, ensalata, pizza, pasta, and we really-a had-a great-a time-a! It was nice that we all got to hang out while my parents were in town. Fortunately, Mary and Tom were also headed to the game to watch the CBJ trounce the New York Rangers, so after dinner we all went to our respective seats and watched the action! After the game, we headed to Easton to get a quick glimpse of the Holiday decor and stopped by Fadó, the Irish pub, for a little after game celebrating! It was quite an eventful night!
On Sunday, we awoke to a rainy morning that quickly turned into snow. The ground was covered in a matter of minutes and it just kept coming down! This was our first official snow this year, and it was so picturesque watching the snow fall from our living room window! It started accumulating quickly, and since Mom and Scott were driving back to Maryland that day, we decided to have a quick Christmas celebration before they started on their way.
As usual, it was just so wonderful to see them! It makes me feel so good that my family is willing and able to travel to Columbus (even in the rain and snow) to visit. I was the one that made the decision to move to Ohio, and I really do miss my family and friends greatly. I get homesick much more often than I anticipated, and it really makes me cherish the moments that we all have together that much more. Distance does make the heart grow fonder, but I certainly wouldn't complain if it were slightly easier to make the journey from Ohio to Maryland, or Virginia, or New York, or Germany, or Switzerland, or anywhere else in the world where there are people that mean so much to us! For now, probably a pretty long now, we will continue to keep our lives updated in this bloggeriffic world, keep up the constant communication with all our loved ones, and continue to arrange weekend trips where we get to fully enjoy the love that we all share!
'Tis the season! Merry Christmas, Mom & Scott!
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