For Zachary James Pratt

Hi Zach, how was your Thanksgiving? Did you spend it with friends or family in Southern California or did you fly home to Texas and see everyone there? Nana, Granddad, Uncle Gregg, Auntie Kim and Cody came to our house and stayed over. We had a terrific time but wished you were here celebrating with us of course. Cody only worked that morning so by 2:30 he was over and joining us for snacks and the first few football games.The next day Nana, Auntie Kim and I walked down town Walnut Creek, did some Christmas shopping and had a mother-daughters lunch together. We really did enjoy ourselves. The boys all stayed back and watched football. Jeff's University of Washington Huskies were playing their rival game against the Washington State Cougars in the Annual Apple Cup and they won!! We were extremely happy about that. All in all it was a very special holiday as we had not been all together for Thanksgiving in a few years. It has been even longer since we have all celebrated with you, go...

Hi Zach, guess I am a bit behind in writing to you. My old Boss came out to visit us from Minnesota along with her husband, her daughter and her daughter's fiance. They wanted to do some touring and wine tasting so we headed up to stay with Nana and Grandad for the weekend. The weather was totally beautiful, a far cry from what was happening in Minnesota. We all had a really good time and it was great to spend time with my old boss now that we can truly be just friends. Lot's of laughs and some shop talk, but mostly laughs and good wine. Not sure if I mentioned it a while back but Jeff went to work for Oracle. It's quite a commute but I think he really likes it and there is not the same kind of pressure as when working for an agency in the search engine marketing world and he says the people are really cool. He does work from home on Friday's which is nice. My job is going really well too, it's crazy busy and there is always lots going on and lots to learn which I...