Lorain County Life

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Elizabeth and Alexandria Visit Santa

On Thursday we took Elizabeth to see Santa and met Alyssa and Alexandria there. We went to Finwood Estate here in Elyria, which is where me and my sister always went as a kid.

Proof. (Those curtains...yikes!)

A Quick Cleveland Adventure

Emily left her phone at our house last night, so we took advantage of the situation and made our way out to Cleveland for a quick meetup. While we were there we walked down to the candy store (I forgot the name) and Barrio for dinner...mmmmmm tacos.

Let's go Dad!

Putting Up the Christmas Tree

After some delay we finally got (most of) the Christmas lights up, including the tree. Wednesday I put all the lights up on the outside of the house and the plan was to come back inside and put up the remainder of the lights, but that didn't happen. A project that I thought would only take about a half hour ended up taking 2 hours to complete and the indoor lights remained in boxes. Yesterday, after some struggle with Elle, we got the majority of the indoor lights up. Here are some pictures.

Oooh, the lights!

10 Year High School Reunion

It's hard to believe it has been 10 years since we all last stepped foot in the halls of Firelands High School. For some of us it was a good part of life, and for others not so much, but I think we can all agree that we had friends there. Some of us still have those friends. Some of us hang out with people that they weren't friends with while in school, and some don't see each other at all.

We have moved on. But no matter how far away we move we will always share the same origin. The building pictured below is that spot. Our jumping off point ten years ago before moving into a much larger world.

We got together last night and it was as though it had never ended. We picked up right where we left off with tales of good times and bad. We laughed, ate, and drank and for a brief moment the echoes of those long forgotten hallways returned. It felt like home.

Firelands High School (Photo Credit: Kevin Wiley)

Thanksgiving 2017

This Thanksgiving was split into two days. On the Saturday before we hosted dinner for the first time ever at our house for Sarah's side of the family. Then, on T-Day we hosted for my side of the family. It was a contrast to say the least as her family was about 20-25 strong and mine was 6, including Elle. Both dinners were great, but I tell you what, I'm turkey'd out. Here are some pictures.

Saturday, November 18th

The rain is here. Now bring on the rest of the guests!