Christmas/New Years in Ohio

On December 26th we left the snow of Seattle to visit Dan's family in Ohio.  The first day we arrived the weather in Columbus was in the high 60's. Crazy!  We had a wonderful week spending time with family and running around Columbus.  It was hard to leave!!

Coloring with Katie

Meeting Sofia

Joey and Elizabeth

Brothers Together Again!

Molly and Will joining in the fun with Dan and Joey

More time with Katie

Breakfast with Dan's good friend Andy Betts and his family

Will playing Wii. We had a blast spending the day with the Rice family competing on the Wii

Cousins

Dinner at Molly Woo's one of my favorite restaurants in Columbus. Yummy!

Dan and Molly

Maria and Jason (Dan's sister)

Christina, John and Will (Dan's sister).

I'm mad I didn't get a picture of Dan with his sisters

Dan and Katie

Kathy made Dan and I Churros con Chocolate to remind us of our time in Spain. They were soooooo good!!

We had a fun day with Jorge and Kathy at the Norman Rockwell exhibit

Dan made gnocchi for our time with Dave and Melanie

Mama Rossi reading to Joey and Elizabeth

Jorge and Elizabeth

For Christmas we gave Kathy a creme brulee set including the ramekins, torch, and a cookbook we made for her.

Kathy torching the creme brulee.  It was so good!

Dan with his good friend Dave Stewart.  He is very special to Dan and I as he was the pastor who married us.

New Years Eve fun with this kids

David, Melanie and Joey

Working on a bead craft with the kids

We had a fun girls day at Easton Mall and Melanie even got her ears pierced

We stayed one night with the Cooks in Sunbury. Here we were heading out for a late night walk in the neighborhood.

Dan with Mom and Dad in the kitchen

Jorge and Dan made Cioppino on our last night

They were so happy

Rufus enjoying his gifts from Nanny and Belo when we got home