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Some shots from our first day in Cleveland, hanging with the kids at Kevin and Mary’s.
Then off to lunch at Skyline. I skipped the three-way and had three cheese coneys instead. YUM. An acquired taste, for sure, but oh-so-yummy!! It’s total chaos when we descend upon Skyline.
The afternoon was spent lounging around - several people dozed off while viewing The Pink Panther.
Then Kevin and Mary and Dave and I went to dinner while Mom and Dad babysat.
A great day in Cleveland!
A nice quiet Christmas morning for Dave and I. Our last quiet Christmas, I’m predicting.
Dave got a book of genius Sudoku puzzles, a Bruce Springsteen CD, an indoor/outdoor weather station, and some cute boxers. I got two Pink Martini CDs, a book of Sci-Fi-inspired baby names, and a fabulous new digital camera!!! I love love love it and I’m so excited to stop using my crappy old HP.
Mom and Gene came over for Christmas dinner in the afternoon. Mom bought us this insanely large standing rib roast - almost 11 1/2 pounds! For those of you in the know, it appeared to include all seven ribs. It took 4 1/4 hours to cook.
It was delish!! We had it with roasted vegetables and some tasty asparagus.
Ha, but was Mom disappointed when I served her after-dinner coffee in one of our new Browns mugs!
Dave got a 6-month membership to the Brew-of-the-Month club. I also got a cute Geek Inside shirt and the baby got a Geekling onesie.
Mom got a massage gift certificate and Gene got a book by Lou Dobbs. Mom got Gene this fabulous back massager/heat pad that he can put in his recliner. All in all, we made out like bandits!!
For the holiday, we’ve got Dave’s parents here and Granma as well. Yay for Mom and Gene, who drove up to Virginia Beach on Wednesday and brought Granma back!
Dad and I
Mom and I polish silver on Thursday morning
Granma and Mom indulge in some waffles for breakfast
It has been such a beautiful day out! The weather was perfect! We spent a few hours on the front porch enjoying the day.
The cats got to enjoy the lovely weather, as well, with a mega-dose of outdoor time on the front lawn, eating grass and chasing leaves in the wind.
Several hours later, we sat down to a lovely Thanksgiving day meal. We had turkey, stuffing, potatoes, green beans, cranberries and chopped salad.
After dinner, and then dessert, everyone collapsed in front of the TV.
What a great day!! Happy Turkey Day to everyone!!
Jeni and Dawn - aren’t we cute?
Jonathan (my brother) and Jeni
Dave and Jeni
Nolan is a HAM
Nolan and Jonah, sacked out in the car
Jonah and his iPhone
Jonah loves his Uncle Dave
Photos from the Luau at Mom and Dad’s.
The kids spent lots of time in the pool on Saturday. Dave kept the kids occupied by swimming with them in the pool.
Here’s Carson, getting ready to go on an underwater expedition.
Here’s baby Kate. Damn she’s cute.
Here’s Riley, who spent nearly all day in those Muck boots he found. He’s such a great kid!
Sunday morning was breakfast and then a few hours by the pool before meeting Mom and Gene at Fishmongers for a big lunch. Yummy!
We had several rounds of beers, several pounds of shrimp, a dozen steamed oysters and a dozen steamed clams, a pound of steamed crab claws, some broccoli, limas and corn, and two orders of onion rings. Mom and Gene and I each had two oyster shooters, which were quite tasty. Vince couldn’t be convinced to try one. 
Both Gene and Vince worked on this steamed oyster for 20 minute until they finally got the little cuss open. Gene said it was mighty tasty.
We had tickets to the Bulls tonight. Yay! they won! Lucky ran the bases after the game.
Leslie’s blue toes.
Vince and Leslie.
The view from our seats.
The new Blue Monster.
We got all cuted up for dinner tonight. Nah, not really. We always look this cute! 
And I made time for an oyster shooter (with beer, not vodka).
Dinner was great, lots of steamed shrimp and steamed clams. And some beer. We really enjoyed ourselves!After the flea market, we had to hit the Flying Saucer. We met Kerri there and had beers, beers, beers, and some lunch.
Aren’t Kerri and I cute?!!?!? 
And then there was our waitress (in the picture below, on the left). While we were there, her dad and what appeared to be her grandparents showed up to sit in her section and have a quick beer (not pictured). After they left, she had a really funny conversation with us about how mortified she is that her family comes to visit her at work. She said that she knew they were coming, so she wore her “least slutty” outfit, the longest skirt she owned. There were many funny, funny parts to this conversation, but the funniest for me was when Dave said to her, “So, how does your dad feel about …” and she responded “My outfit?” I think he was going to ask her about her job, but she got right to the point and nailed the question all of us were wondering about. It was the high point of our Saucer visit - we laughed mightily.
She also hit up her dad for her semester’s tuition of $400 because she did well in school the previous semester. As he left, her dad was waffling about whether and how he would pay her.
She’s cute, and sweet, and putting herself through college, so if this is your Flying Saucer waitress, tip her well!!
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