Almost there...

We drove 11 hours yesterday before stopping in Brunswick, GA. We reserved a stay at La Quinta Inn, a dog friendly hotel. I am not sure why I thought Bailey would be ok in a hotel - at home she wakes up and barks at the slightest creak of the house. Talking or walking outside of our bedroom would not be tolerated by our guard dog. We knew La Quinta would not appreciate the extra security she provided.

Anyway, we slept from about midnight until 5 when someone threatened us by walking by our room. We decided to hit the road. We are only an hour away now and very much looking forward to out arrival!

Hocking Hills

The annual Hahn family reunion took place in Hocking Hills for the second year. We arrived yesterday afternoon and had a nice evening filled with appetizers, wine and catching up. A highlight was playing Telestrations - a mix between telephone and pictionary. I highly suggest it!

Joe and I have now started our journey south to Fort Myers. We are driving. Yikes! We wanted Bailey to be able to come this year and you all know her aversion to crates... flying was out of the question. This will most likely be the only time this spoiled dog gets this kind of trip.

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas yesterday! Ours was a little different this year - usually Joe and I are staying at my parents' house and so the festivities start first thing in the morning. Since we live so close now, we stayed at our new house and came over in the morning. It may not seem that odd but it was! Anyway, we had a nice breakfast and then opened gifts.

In other news, I am very excited to announce on Suzi's behalf that she is ENGAGED! Suzi, her family and Jon went on a cruise just before Christmas which is where the proposal took place. I'm very excited for her!

Gingerbread Houses.

I found the following when I was using the web to brainstorm rules for the upcoming gingerbread house contest. I thought it was adorable and I would share.
If you have time to do this or were just curious, I found this at Not Martha.

A reindeer!

Poor thing. I really shouldn't torture her like this...

Well hello there!

We've been busy.

We had our year end audit at early this year which has made for a hectic week or two of work - I get home and the last thing I want to do is look at a computer screen again. Here's a quick recap:

I got my hair cut.

Here in snohio we are getting buried by blizzard after blizzard it seems.

Suzi and I went with my parents to pick out their Christmas tree. Suzi bought her first real tree - a four foot beauty!

She decorated it nicely for her ugly Christmas sweater party. People said my sweater was not ugly enough and Joe's looked like it was a Valentine's Day sweater.

Otherwise, we are still settling in to the new house. We really need to get a kitchen table one of these days. Or at least some stools for the counter - I'm tired of always eating on the couch.