Two years ago this weekend-Mom, Dad, Christina and Aydan came to Cincinnati for a Family weekend. It just so happened to be the Hyde Park, St. Mary's Catholic Church festival. Being Catholic, my Dad LOVED Catholic festivals. What other religion allows you to gamble, drink and eat all in one place? A catholic festival! We all walked up there from my house to take Aydan on some rides, Dad and Ted ran off to the casino room and grabbed a beer, Mom and I watched Aydan on the rides and ate an elephant ear or two. The next year my Dad kept asking me, "when is that St. Mary's festival happening again?" Unfortunately, the weekend it occurred didn't work out to have everyone come down. A few pictures from that weekend two years ago at my house......I always loved having everyone here although my Mom and Dad would complain that I was too high strung with the cleaning...(probably so...now looking back, who really cared if the house got messy?) Mom looked so pretty standing in my kitchen holding her glass of wine. Dad cooked us a great dinner and Ted played superman with Aydan.
Now today is the official start of the festival again. The weekend festivities kicked off with the Hyde Park 5k this evening; as I was walking Grace to the end of our street we stopped and watched the runners. I really love this neighborhood. As I stood there and watched the runners go by, I looked at the Art gallery with their door wide open for spectators and the owner peaking outside with a glass of wine, a Hyde Park classic, one of our favorite delis "Carl's Deli" was packed and I could hear the music and laughter coming from the festival at the Church. I love this type of neighborhood where there is so much going on and walking can take you to a variety of restaurants, shops and parks. I could not imagine myself in any other type of place then here for the time being.....I am thankful every day we ended up here two years ago as we had the chance to spend much more time with my Parents being only 4 hours away. I guess everything does happen for a reason.
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