After the Lester wedding we went to Paducah to celebrate Christmas with my parents! Oliver had been with them since my dad's birthday and he had grown so much since we'd seen him last! This picture is of him eating the wrapping paper from Roy's gifts :-).
Roy and I spent with Christmas in Minnesota with the entire Lowdenback clan! The above are a few photos from the week we spent with them. The picture at the top is Roy with his sister, Amanda, getting ready to go light the fireworks (to say Happy Birthday Jesus of course!). The middle is Amey with a onesie that says "Thing Two". How funny is that! Two little twin boys toddling around with shirts that say Thing One and Thing Two! The last photo is Amanda getting ready to go pick up Cliff at the airport. She wanted him to recognize her at the airport - I don't think he missed it :-).
The morning after Emily came we flew to Minneapolis to see the Lowdenback Family. Above is Roy with Mark, one of my BIL's (brother in law). These underdressed fellas (the weather was in the negatives) decided to walk across the frozen lake next to Amey's house. I particularly like the Captain Morgan-esque pose from Mark!!!
One of my best friends, Emily, was able to come to Kentucky while on break from grad school at GWU!! Our time in Central Kentucky only overlapped by one day so we had to take advantage even though I had to catch a flight out at 5 am the next am! Here is a pick of her and Kate at Malabu (where one of her favorite bands was playing). We went to dinner at Ted's, Malabu, and then Hugo's. . . It was wonderful to see her again! I can't wait till our trip to New York in March!
So much to catch up on; where did December go!! At the begining of the month my parents and sister came to Lexington to celebrate my dad's birthday and for Lauren to look at Georgetown College, Transy, Berea, and UK as possible places for her college career (my sister is a junior at Lone Oak High School in Paducah). We had a wonderful time! The above pictures are of my dad's cake; we tried to get a cake with a boat, but of course couldn't find one locally so I got a "Finding Nemo" cake sans Nemo and crashed a jet ski into it! Ha! My dad thought it was hysterical! The writing on the cake says "Chillin da Most" from Kid Rocks song, "Cowboy". The lyrics he likes are, " Buy a yacht with a flag sayin chillin the most. Then rock that b***** up and down the coast." Weird, I know - my dad likes Kid Rock. He wants to rename his boat from Obsession III to Chillin the Most! Roy and I were so happy my family was able to come and visit!!
