Pre-Holiday Fun

We enjoyed lots of fun and celebrations before the holidays even arrived this year. First, the Zillabyte team and several other local startups hosted Holiday Dinner and a Holiday Happy Hour, complete with Charlie's amazing homemade eggnog (thank you Charlie! Yum!). 

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Then, along with Kai and Ingrid, we helped George and Lin break in their brand new kitchen in their wonderful house by ever so kindly allowing them to cook a feast for us. Thank you, George and Lin!

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We attended several other lovely holiday parties too, like Steve and Kate's fun event in Palo Alto for instance and one fantastic party with real snow and ice skating in Palo Alto... but apparently I got a little lazy on the picture taking, so I'm just hoping y'all will have parties again and I'll have another chance next year :)

And then there were Christmas Cards! Here are the cards we sent out. This was a big deal for me since this is the first year I've done them as an adult. I must *really* be getting old, I guess. (If you didn't receive one then I must not have your mailing address - please send it to me and I'll make sure you get one next year! I wouldn't want you to miss out on real printed copies of Jake and me looking ridiculous in our Santa hats, after all. Or whatever next year's silliness will be.)

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And finally, saving my favorite part for last, we *received* zillions of holiday cards! We are so fortunate to have so many thoughtful, festive, and especially good-looking friends (as you can see here). Each one made us smile, nearly all of them drew an audible "Aww!", and we put every photo we received up on display in our dining room. We feel so loved, thank you dear friends and family!

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And that was just the getting *ready* for the holidays...