This Holiday season was a Frantic one!
We went to Idaho for both Thanksgiving & Christmas. We got to see the Robertsons while we were there, which was fun. We played a game where each player's goal was to be as miserable as possible- so naturally I won ;-)
Starting in December, we've had to watch out for UDOT possibly demolishing our home. So far we haven't seen any bulldozers though.
Provo Canyon is a great place to sled, we discovered. But, it has multiple places where small cars aren't very well suited to climb their slippery hills.
Orianna is very active and can say tons of words now. It's interesting that toddlers go from mutes to full-on talkers almost imperceptibly.
But, the most time-intensive aspect of life has been job hunting. I applied to a bunch of jobs, and had various interviews/follow-up-emails/phone-calls/etc... But, I think I've decided to stay where I am at because I *can* work just 40 hours a week here (if I try really hard to come home on time, and don't work through lunch). So, I will use that spare time to get more of our side-projects done. My business partner and I keep coming up with more ideas, but we don't have time to do them... so we are going to try to sell a bunch of ideas, and use that capital for the projects we want to invest in long-term. So, we'll see how that goes.
Sorry that this newsletter is kind of helter-skelter, but it'll have to do.
Hope everyone is doing excellent!
-The Bates
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It was great to see you and your family. We hope that the pregnancy goes well.
When you look out your window late at night do you ever see the outline of a lone bulldozer, watching, waiting...? Or as you're walking down the street and turn to look over your shoulder just in time to see a bulldozer duck into a nearby coffee shop?
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