I didn’t tell the story of the bike that Jake got for Christmas this year and there’s no better time than the present… We bought Jake a new BMX bike sometime last month. We stored it in the office basement so it would be out of sight. On the 23rd, …
This morning started pretty early–6:30 AM to be exact. Jake couldn’t contain himself any longer, so we all got up and opened presents. I got an iPod touch, so that has kept me busy for most of the day. While Jake and I played with our new toys, Brian finished …
Because we work for an awesome company, we had Christmas Eve off work. After not having much time off this year, I was definitely looking forward to the long weekend. We spent the morning wrapping up some Christmas-related stuff, then Brian and Jake played the role of Santa and delivered …
Brian’s sister and her family came in this weekend so we headed to my in-laws for an early Christmas dinner. It was quite riotous with all of the kids opening gifts. The weather was definitely Christmassy. This is the only time of year I don’t mind having snow–it doesn’t seem …
I’m not quite ready for Christmas, but almost. I hit a number of milestones today. For one, I put the last of the Christmas cards in the mailbox this morning. I used to actually go to the post office and mail them, can you believe that? Now, I put a …