More Visitors - Next Up.....Alitia

Alitia is due in February and this is her second trip to Phoenix to visit. Lot of relaxing. We did go out to dinner a couple times and she cooked lasagna on her last night...wow! some good stuff. Eggplant lasagna for the ladies, italian sausage lasagna for me. It was nice to hang with her. I know Tiffany had a great time. With the second baby on the way, I am sure it will be more difficult for them to visit. Next up, hopefully and trip for Tiffany and I to get to Cleveland together.


At BW-3:


Going out to Abuelos for some Mexican food:

The ladies went to the dog park, except for Kaiya:

Finally, I can add video to the blog now! Just to start, here is a video I took the night Alitia came in. We went to BW-3 as we were starving. She didn't get in until about 10:30 Friday night. Tiffany and Alitia thought I was taking a picture with the digital camera...so they are posing...not realizing I was recording video.

Mom's Visit

Tiffany's Mom came out to visit two weeks ago. She was only able to stay for a few days, but it was very nice to visit. Tiffany and her Mom literally shopped till they dropped. I had my boss's Christmas party that Saturday night as well. We went to dinner at Cucina Tagliani, a new Italian restaurant just down the street from our house. That went great, except for the fact that they did not have a liquor license yet...no drinking...booooo! We also ate at Abuelos, a very good Mexican restaurant. Good enough that we went back the next weekend with Alitia. All I know is that we must have pretty good thrift stores out here in Phoenix, cuz Mom came a very, very long way to hit all the stores with Tiffany. I was definitely on my own as I prefer the mall!


In front of Cucina Tagliani:


At Abuelos:

And we also exchanged gifts while she was here:

Browns vs. Cardinals

When I was in Louisville for work and then in Cleveland, Tiffany, Zach, and Nicole went to the Browns game here. The stadium is about 5-10 minutes from the house and they had a great time...lots of tailgating. The Browns lost on the last play of the game, and the Cardinals fans were not the nicest. Here are some pics...this is from late November.

This picture is from the lot of the stadium. In the background is Jobing.com arena, where the Phoenix Coyotes play (NHL).





View inside the stadium...this is where the Super Bowl is this year. Same stadium that Ohio State played in for the National Championship game last year....this year - New Orleans!!!

Hanging Christmas Lights

For the second year in a row, I hung Christmas lights outside. Its very nice to do since its still warm around Thanksgiving time. I used an animated blow up Santa this year too. More lights every year I guess. Anyway, this years' look nice, but the pictures didn't come out so well since they have to be taken in the dark. Tiffany and I had the same ritual of putting up the tree, decorating the house, and torturing the dogs with fake reindeer antlers, and other Christmas costumes that they find extremely irritating.

Thanksgiving 2007

This year we cooked for Thanksgiving. We were joined by Zach, Nicole (friends we have met out here in Arizona), Zach's cousin Nick who recently moved here from Virginia, and Brad who moved out here from Parma probably 4 yrs ago now. It was nice...lots of food and football...and nice weather too! Working the next say was NOT fun.

Hangin Out

Here are some pictures of Zach and Nicole after one of the OSU games. We met them after moving out to Avondale. They are both from Ohio and Nicole went to Ohio State.