Just in time!

Paul & Tim make it just in time!

Pete's Fave

Almomd milk! Will he make it to midnight?

IKEA candle atmosphere

Vegan pizza!

Mmmmm......soy cheese....

Frying the Sausage

Boys arrive!

Kevin, Andrew & Tom

Kneading the Dough

New Years Eve pizza time!

Cocoa

Zingerman's hot cocoa mix and almond kuchen -- way to start the holiday weekend!

More cycling news

Got home to find a familiar scene, only with a change in bike color.
Looks like Pete had my bike serviced & fixed up for my birthday.
Cesky remains skeptical.

Driving home

Driving home
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Home to Maryland -- still a little icy, but bright, sunshiny day.

Mmmmm

Mmmmm
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Hillary was less interested in Scrabble skills, and more interested in eating April's Xmas gift. Mmmmm....Whole Foods trail mix....

Xmas Scrabble

Xmas Scrabble
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Possibly the worst Scrabble board ever. We blamed Mom for starting the board with "laved".

Xmas Scrabble

Xmas Scrabble
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No more Trivial Pursuit - Mom wants to play a game she can win!

Late night Xmas

Late night Xmas
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Almost 41 now...I can't stay up this late anymore!

We Are The Champions

Jordan Trivial Pursuit Champion
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Jordan & Derek rule!

The Thinker

The Thinker
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Less sure about the state of pop culture today, but thankful for the 80s questions.

Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture Edition

Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture Edition
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Pop culture experts Ashley & Hillary. *They* know who played Tinkerbell in "Hook"...*and* the name of Dave Grohl's post-Nirvana band.

Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture Edition

Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture Edition
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Late night fun with the family.

Xmas in Kentucky

Xmas in Kentucky
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Clear skies, still ice on the trees.

Kentucky Christmas sunset

Kentucky Christmas sunset
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Arrived at Lawrenceburg just as the sun was setting over the snow & ice.

Michigan to Kentucky

Michigan to Kentucky
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Cold drive, but at least the roads were clear.

Christmas turkeys on the lam

Christmas turkeys on the lam
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Aggressive (and cold) wild turkeys attempted to rush the heated vending machine building every time someone entered. In Ohio on the way down to Kentucky.

Quoridor Apprentices

Quoridor Apprentices
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Pete & Nicki attempting to absorb the wisdom of the Master.

Quoridor Master

Quoridor Master
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Kayla beating just about everyone...

Rob & Kayla

Rob & Kayla
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Quoridor

Quoridor
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Cool, simple game... fun for the whole family. Well, at least the members of the family that win.

Kayla

Kayla
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

Kayla is nearly braces-free!

Pete at Zingerman's

Pete at Zingerman's
Originally uploaded by jdemaree.

What can I say? Zingerman's is one of the two or three things that makes living in Ann Arbor worthwhile. Seriously great food, atmosphere...the kind of store you could live in, happily, forever.

Wine Racks

Cool wine rack idea

Cool idea for a wine rack - rubber inserts in floor-to-ceiling posts.

Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor

I can't believe I lived in this kind of cold for 6 years! No wonder the wine stores do well up there.

Pete's bike

Pete's bike

He worked so hard last summer on the Ride for the Feast, he really deserves this great bike from the nice folks at Light Street Cycles in Baltimore. Now if only we can get a sidecar for the pup.