Holidays 2006

Hello everyone:

This is just a quick update on our wonderful holiday season:

Thanksgiving

We stayed in town for Thanksgiving and our friends, Kathleen and Michael, were nice enough to invite us over to their house in Charlottesville. We brought the turkey and potatoes. Kathleen did a first rate job in preparing the turkey (and she doesn't eat meat) and Myla's sweet potatoes were a hit!

Christmas

We were off to Wisconsin via Chicago. We got to O'Hare then drove up to Whitewater, WI to Mom and Larry Benz at their Lake House. They were excellent hosts as we relaxed by the lake. The lake had a layer of thin ice but we missed the big snow. Whew. Some nice goodies: DVD movies, watch, clothes, and a nice stand for firewood. It was great to see Amie and David and little Lucie, who is not so little these days. The only bad part of the trip was that Myla lost her luggage along with just about the entire flight and 50 other flights! It was crazy. She got the luggage on Christmas Day.

Then we went to Lake in the Hills to see Dad and Joyce Goldman, Whitney, and Jordana. We heard all about Whitney's trip to Ghana and saw lots of pictures. We introduced the family to Rummikub, a new board game and it was a big hit.

New Years

We stayed in a cabin with our Cleveland friends: Melinda & Will and Nat & Amanda near the Hocking Hills. This is the old stompin' ground for me since it was close to Athens, thus Ohio University. I saw Athens through the darkness and could see many changes. We had a lovely time ringing in the New Year.

--Bryan