year wrapping up

Hello!

We are back in Fred now, after spending a few days in Abilene. There were a lot of year-end activities at the home office that we took part in, and it was all a lot of fun!

: We worked in the office for four days, which was fun but also draining! So much talking and laughing, which took a lot out of this introvert :) It was nice to see everyone and get to sit with my team to work for a few days.

: Monday evening, we had a dinner at Chris' boss' house -- fajitas for dinner and then an As Seen on TV white elephant gift exchange. It was a lot of fun, and it was good to have some team building with this newly structured team. We came home with a Samari cutter and a cordless light :)

: Tuesday evening, I met my scrapbook friends at Miguels for a lovely dinner together. It was so nice to catch up with everyone and spend a little time together.

: Wednesday evening was our holiday work party! This year, it was held at the office because we had a huge new addition added and this was the big "unveiling" -- it looks so incredible! There is so much space and it's all so beautiful. There is even an outdoor courtyard area which is going to be so cool. There were a lot of fun activities at the party - a scavenger hunt for gift cards, a Christmas tree decorating contest, touring the new facility, and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. The food stations were all around the building, so that people had to walk around and see everything -- the main food was pot pies and tenderloin; there was a dips and chips station; there were big soft pretzels and beer cheese soup; cookies and cake pops; and cobbler. To wrap up the evening, there was caroling. Overall, it was a very nice time and a great party!

: Thursday was our company-wide meeting held at Beltway...always my favorite day of the year because it is so inspiring. We started off with an hour workout - we were able to choose between three different options, and I chose the Zumba class of course! Felt great and it's fun to workout with everyone! Then we watched a video of one speaker and then we had a live speaker, too - John O'Leary, who was badly burned when he was 9 years old. His talk was so inspiring, we loved him! Our CEO gifted us each with his book, which was signed by John...and then we were able to each meet him and get a hug, and get our book personalized...whoo! We had lunch together and then headed back to the office to wrap up a few things for the day.

: We packed up and headed back to Fred Thursday evening...and worked from home on Friday which was so nice and quiet! It was a good day and now we are enjoying a nice, relaxing weekend. Hope you are too!!