Jingle Bells

I'm lucky to work with very talented colleagues and am always impressed by the talents that they have, but that I don't always get to see in a work setting. Take my colleague, Caroline. She has a knack for taking pictures and we were lucky enough to have her take our photos for our holiday cards.

Here are a few that we love. These are really some of the first pictures we have with the three (four) of us as a family. Thank you, Caroline!

London is very rainy

Last month, my mother, sister and I took a little bonding trip to London. I know, it's quite a ways to go to bond, but the idea was that my sister (who studied abroad there in college) could show us around and we could peer a bit into her life.

We had a great time and it was fun to get to know my family a little better, which is hard, now that we're scattered around the country and don't get to talk too often.

Most of the time in London was spent in the city, doing some of the

typical touristy things; but we also took the train to Bath, met some interesting people along the way, and ate some of the most delicious food (who said English food is terrible?).

One thing about London was that it was COLD! At the end of July, we were enjoying weather in the low 60s with lots of rain on and off throughout the day. Londoners, apparently, abide by the motto to "dress like an onion." It's totally accurate...I never knew when to put on or take off layers!