Lots of changes have been in the works for quite a while, and through November and December, time seems to have accelerated to get to this point.

Last weekend was the apex of our season, with our annual Christmas Party combined this year with Charles' graduation. Photos are behind the photo at the bottom of this post. It was probably our biggest and best party yet, with over 80 people coming through. Our close friends, our family, some of my very brave coworkers, and a few of our new neighbors here. I'm proud that Jeff & John, our friends from Seattle, made it down, not only for the graduation ceremony, but also to help out with the party. Jeff & I got the goods together, John did an awesome job with the flowers, and Chaz and my mom got food together. We had an awkward moment when Santa arrived at the party, and no one recognized him; who was casing my party in costume? On confrontation, it turned out to be my services boss from Motive, Kell. He went above and beyond the call of duty, with boys and girls borrowing his lap for photos.