Dave and I went to see our friends in Cleveland to celebrate Christmas and to watch Ohio State play Texas in the Fiesta Bowl.
Cliff & Boo made a fabulous dinner for all of us! Oh my goodness, it was so delicious!
At halftime, we did our “Secret Santa” gift exchange. There are always prank gifts involved and most everyone is in on the joke.
The biggest one this year had to be Dave’s gift to Matty…..
Dave came across a laser disk while shopping at a used record store. So he bought it as a joke. Then when telling one of our friends about it, our friend said, “I have a laser disk player that you can borrow. It’s never been out of the box. But I have to have it back.”
So… poor Matty opened the laser disk first.
Then the laser disk player…
Matt & Cliff
It wasn’t until later in the night that Dave told Matty he could keep the laser disk, but he needed to take the player back.
Okay, not funny to everyone else, I know. But the NTACs have their own unique sense of humor that no one else really understands.
Anyway – Boo is always cold. So one of my gifts to her was the Snuggi – you’ve all seen the terrible TV commercial for it. “Blankets are okay, but they slip & slide”
Another one of the gifts was a toy Jonny had played with during breakfast one day. Apparently, Jonny was mesmerized by this toy and couldn’t stop playing it. Cliff had gotten it for him. And again, Jonny stopped everything and played with the toy for about 40 minutes…
And then we heard… “guys… guys… get the camera guys…”
It was such a fun night, even though the Buckeyes lost. Dave and I miss these guys so much! Long gone are the days of hanging out every weekend (when most of us lived in Columbus).
Oh well… I guess it just makes the few times we do get together even more special.
Amanda, Jonny, Cliff, Boo and Matt – you are the best!
(Bettes & TG too!) Looking so forward to our NTAC vacation in July!!
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