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Update...

Saturday
We took the kids to a little neighborhood Easter egg hunt. The rain held off just long enough for all of the kids to get their 10 eggs and take a pic with the Easter bunny. Mitch was not interested in sitting on the bunny's lap although he did take a sucker from the bunny. The kids also won a big Play Doh set in the raffle. After the morning activities, it was back to work. Time to tackle the garage. We loaded the trailer with boxes and junk and I dumped it all at the transfer station. Then, I headed over to the house to pick up the dryer and the boxes - I had another full trailer load... We lost power for most of the day and into the evening - which gave us a good reason to take the kids to BJ'z for dinner... We read to the kids by flashlight (even though the power came back on right before book reading time). The kids enjoyed it.

Sunday
Sunday, it was all day working in the garage. I set the treadmill and elliptical machine up on Friday evening so Lisa could work out. This meant that everything else was on the floor on the two-car side... I hung bikes and high chairs and shelves... I hung a Hy-Loft shelf on the ceiling to hold the Burley bike trailer. It took me a few hours to hang the darn thing...I don't remember it taking me that long to hang the one at our old house... I'm going to need one or two more...

Monday
Monday it was back on the train for work. We're having all-hands activities this week so Monday was spent following up on everything... Lisa took Zoey to a dog training class Monday evening while the kids and I cleaned my car... Lisa reported that Zoey did not like the other big puppies at the class...

Tuesday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Aly and Mitch. 3 years ago today, the twins were born (on Good Friday). Memories: Thursday, April 18, 2003 was a very long day. Lisa contacted me at work (Sutter Health at the time) and indicated that they were going to induce her due to complications that she'd been experiencing for a couple of weeks (it was not unexpected as they prepped us for this at the multiples class. Still, it was a little scary). Lisa was transported by ambulance from Sutter Davis Hospital to Sutter Memorial Hospital. I drove to meet her there. We were all set up in a room by 1:00pm or so. Lisa was hooked to IVs while I camped out in a chair. Then, we waited...and waited...and waited...... The nurses kept checking in every hour or so. At 7:00 am or so on Friday morning, one of the nurses came in, checked the baby monitor then scurried out without saying a word. Next thing you know, there were about 10 people in the room and other nurses were peeking in through the door. The doctor was paged. When the doctor arrived, he VERY efficiently barked out orders and had everything back to normal in a short time. Lisa and I never said a word to each other but confirmed later that we both were extremely concerned at the time... At 9:00am or so, they wheeled Lisa into the operating room (twins are born in the OR...). There was a doctor, a nurse, an anesthesiologist, and a couple of specialists in the room - for each twin... Aly was born at 10:00 and Mitch was born at 12:00. They both spent a week in the NICU (which was GREAT!). We took them home the following Friday.

Because of the work activities, we decided that we're going to go shopping on Friday evening and celebrate with the kids on Saturday. I attended an after work function (Seattle Mariners game) with my boss and several members of our team...feeling sufficiently guilty...

Wednesday
The dedicated account team had an all hands for all of those who could attend. This gave everyone the chance to meet the other team members who are spread all over the country. Every team had to present who they were, what they did, and what the goals were for 2006. I presented jointly with another manager for our 5 functional areas. I hate speaking in front of large crowds but did OK. I attended another after work function at Jillian's Billiards. I hadn't played pool in awhile...and it showed...

(pics to followed...)

posted by Sam @ 7:17 AM