Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you had a great holiday and enjoyed the company of your families. TheStrausses.com spent Christmas in Cuyahoga Falls and had a surprisingly relaxing week.

We arrived early in the week and I was fortunate to be able to work from home while Kelly was able to enjoy the woods/scenery/solitude with Ashley. It was a much needed break from the city.

Here are some highlights:

• Bought a pretty slick bb gun w/ scope and had some shooting games with my brothers (yes, I am almost 30 years old)
• Used my old climbing rope and made a tree swing over a ravine
  
• Built a few fires
  
• Went trudging through the woods/rivers around my parents house
  
• Went to the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Golden State NBA basketball game and sat in a private suite
• A flock of turkeys literally attacked our bedroom door today but by the time I grabbed the bb gun they had flown away
• Played poker with my brothers, dad and grandfather
• Went climbing with Kelly for the first time in a LONG time and found out how out of shape I actually was
• Went swimming with Ashley
• Went on a long hike through the woods with the entire family
• Had a cookie decorating contest with everyone (somehow a "sunny side up egg" cookie won)
  

Here are some pictures that my mom took on her camera over the week: http://picasaweb.google.com/rstrauss/20071225ChristmasInCuyahogaFalls. My brother Lee is in the process of uploading and posting pictures he/I took using his camera. I'll post a link to his Picasa account as soon as they are up.