A Quarterly Catch Up

Every once in a while things get a little crazy at home, a little crazy at work and a little crazy in life. And during these times I lack the focus, energy and creativity to document my life’s happenings. These past few months have been one of those times... at work we closed our largest acquisition ever on August 1, our fifth largest acquisition on Oct 1 and my boss went out on leave unexpectedly for six weeks leaving me in charge. At home, we continued our losing battle with sleep, with me waking up most mornings with at least one kid in our bed and most often a three and half year old foot in my back or a 16 month old butt in my face.

But in the midst of it all, we did manage to have some fun. And with the mental fog clearing up just in time for Christmas, I thought it would be good to get caught up here...

In September our friends from Australia came to visit. Oskar has fun showing the three kids his playground and the adults were able to sneak in a night out.

In October I headed to Denver for my biennial (hopefully now annual) girls weekend before Halloween. The weekend was a combination of a public drunken night out and a domestic night in... and included a metal detector being delivered to our house compliments of John Elway’s wife.

Anna trying out her metal detector skills

In November I swung a work boondoggle to Vegas which included decadent drinks, high class sushi, a room upgrade to a two room suite, live band karaoke and ending up back stage and on stage with Aerosmith.

No zoom needed

We spent Thanksgiving with the family and cousins in Dunsmuir, and thanks to the winter storm, the kids got to go sledding each day.

Making Christmas Cookies!

Oskar "helping" with the cranberry relish

 And finally, we hosted our first annual Gingerbread House decorating party... and yes, it was just decorating not making... the attention span of six 3-4 year olds is not quite there yet... the party was loud, crazy and fun, and our house was thoroughly trashed afterwards, but it was definitely a highlight of the holiday festivities this year.

The calm before the storm

Finished!

Success!