Living in the Past, Making Traditions for the Future

I guess the big news is…It’s a boy!  But my guess is you probably read that on some other social media venue or have talked to us about it.  Very excited to say the least though!  And hopefully with that, the name of my forefathers will live on.

Which leads us nicely to the 80’s party for Jeannie’s birthday this weekend.  Beth and I didn’t quite get our costumes coordinated…

1880s vs. 1980s. They never really specified which century…

Speaking of old men, Blair was a little bit hesitant to sit with Santa this year.  Quite a departure from last year!

we can always look back and say this is when she started biting her fingernails out of nervousness…

Somewhere in between there we tripped up to Chicago (including a pit stop in Merrillville!) and Ann Arbor.  The first to meet up with my sister.  The second to beat up on OSU’s little sister.

And today was really fun too.  We bought a Christmas tree (the Boy Scouts we bought it from were so Boy Scout-ish, when we told them we didn’t have cash or a check, the told us to take our tree and come back with the money later.  Definitely going back there again next year!), the ladies made cookies, and then we had some fun decorating them tonight with SIL + Y (SILy?).

I have the feeling this could be the start of a new tradition =]

WAPOW! …a very eccentric baker… (notice the addition of flour to her outfit from the last picture)

enjoying some decorated goodness!

And just in time for the holiday season, the 8 secrets to beating everyone in flipcup.

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