Hey all! Holy smokes. We've been home for a week now! I figured I should probably get this blog post up. So, Ohio was a stinkin' blast. We did a crazy lot of different things and it was so much fun! We spent a lot of nights at my uncle's local bar- it's kind of like on my favorite show 'Friends', and their local coffee shop, Central Perk. Everyone's just always there and no one else really has anything better to do. It's great.
This was also the first time I've flown since I was 3 years old, so I didn't really remember what was like. It was uh.. interesting.. to say the least.
Anyway, here are a few pictures to recap our trip~
We flew out at 6 am, so we got to see the sunrise above the clouds. It was breathtaking.
We spent one day at the theatre. Fun fact about Cleveland's theatre district: it is the second largest theater district in the world; right behind New York.
We saw the classic "A Christmas Carol". It's been running for 26 years now!
We spent another day at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
I have always had a fascination with the Jewish religion and WWII, and I am going to Germany next January so this was really neat for me to see. The museum just so happened to have a feature on World War II and all it entailed. My heart broke as I walked through and saw all of evil and pain that these people experienced. The picture above is all of the hate groups currently in the US. The groups are as following: Black Separatist, Christian Identity, Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Confederate, Neo-Nazi, Racist Skinhead, and other. That is in OUR country still TODAY, folks. Oh, how this world needs the Lord. Come, Jesus, come!
Christmastime in Cleveland is nothing short of a dream. Everything is decked out in lights and it's all sorts of wonderful.
So, like I said, they take Christmas seriously in the C L E. This is my uncle's living room. Pictures really don't do it justice.. it was phenomenal.
How could I resist playing with the focus on my camera when there was this many pretty lights?!
He's really into wine so there was a whole section for that.
GIANT GRAPES HANGING FROM THE CEILING. Seriously, folks. I've never seen anything like this.
We went and saw our extended family, too. I hadn't met little Aubrey Jane yet, so it was really exciting!
She was a dream.
This dog. Too funny.
Here's the little nugget. Love her so much!
Aubs and her daddy having a little convo. So stinkin' sweet.
HA! Caught ya. Everybody, meet uncle Vern. He's pretty neat.
We opened gifts on Christmas Eve.
This is Ma. My uncle is known for always having gifts wrapped really well, and this was the worst we've ever seen. Therefore, we HAD to document it.
This is Oliver, one of Vern's two cats. We got them a new toy! Charlie is not pictured because he is stubborn and refused to come near me.
I collect spoons, so Vern got me this wind-chime. I love it!
Ah, the gingerbread airstream. Two of our favorite things in the world. Supah cute.
And one last picture with little Ollie.
I truly left a piece of my heart out in Ohio and I cannot wait to go back.
xoxo,
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