House Divided

Friday morning we got up to watch the Huskers (try to) take on the Hawkeyes. The first half was competitive, but the Hawkeyes ran away with the game in the 2nd half.  At least half the house was happy after the game. 

 

Turkey Trotting, Cooking and Eating

We ensured that we celebrated Thanksgiving ALL day on Thursday. We all participated in the Turkey Trot in downtown Louisville in the morning and enjoyed free beer, cider, coffee and hot cocoa. The sunshine felt quite nice after finishing the race (and the local beers were nice too). 

We got the meal going after we got back - a true team effort: Marshall and Claudia made delicious turkey, stuffing and gravy; the LeBeavys made creamy mashed potatoes; Matt and Tanner made homemade rolls; Drake and Tanner made mac and cheese; Claudia made the cranberry sauce; and I was on green bean casserole. 

We all busied ourselves in various ways throughout the day as we waited for the turkey to cook - games, napping, football watching - typical Thanksgiving activities. What a gift to have us all around our table eating on our china. And nothing like wrapping up the night with a little chaos thanks to a game of Happy Salmon.

lots of people 

I ran the beginning and the end with Drake 

earned our beverages of choice 

hanging with the Wrights 

gathered around the table 

Hosting the Peavys

 

The Peavy family members started to arrive on Saturday and continued to arrive through Tuesday. Drake also arrived early on Tuesday. We were fortunate to have the neighbors open their home up to the LeBeavy clan so we didn't have to move bedrooms around here. On Wednesday, most of us ventured above Boulder for a chilly, but sunny hike. We also filled the time with games and some epic Klask battles. How fortunate we are to be able to host everyone here and that everyone was able to make it in to Colorado. 

Our Hawkeye is Home

We made it to Thanksgiving break (well, for Tanner at least)! He caught an early ride to the airport with a friend and was able to make an earlier flight which we were all happy about. Marshall and I drove to the airport to pick him up (of course!). It was a relaxing evening with a bit of homework for Tanner and then out to dinner in downtown Louisville at Lulu's BBQ followed by Sweet Cow. We played a quick game of Abducktion before Tanner headed out to see his girlfriend. The house is already more full. 🩷

Q4 Sales and CS Meeting

I was fortunate to join my new leadership team and the Sales and Customer Success teams for their Q4 meeting in Arizona. We had a lot of working sessions as well as some fun. Here are a few pictures of the week. I'm excited about the new team and the opportunity ahead. 

on my way to "work" 

our winnings from our last team meeting 

ATVing! 

quite the view! 

Tag-a-long

I was fortunate enough to have Marshall tag along on my work trip to Scottsdale this week. We stayed at the JW Marriott Camelback Resort. And while the weather wasn't very sunny for most of the week, we did have some great views and get some time working from the pool. Marshall was able to meet my coworkers and came along one night for some fun. He also got to see a college friend one night. A pretty great perk of our empty nest. 

view from our room 

Monday morning pool view 

some racing competition 

ready for some real racing 

YES!!!! 

working from lobby on Thursday 

Friendsgiving

Another lovely Friendsgiving at the Moore's. The food was delicious and the company even better. Another reminder of why we love where we live. 

Snapdocs

I don't write a lot about work here, but obviously work is a big part of our lives. In October, I celebrated five years at Snapdocs. It seems like I just started, but within that timeframe so much has happened. I started working during Covid with both boys doing school from home. We survived the Marshall fire and both boys have graduated from high school. Now we have a college freshman and are about to have a college graduate.  

When I started at Snapdocs, there was going to be a Denver office. With Covid, the plans changed and the entire company is remote. There are a still a good number of folks in Denver, but the number of folks on my team continues to dwindle. 

This month, one of my teammates is moving to SF. We were fortunate to have dinner with him and his wife at El Five in the Highlands a couple of weeks ago and then we did our final co-working day downtown this week with a happy hour send off.  I'm very thankful for the great people I work with every day and for co-workers that have become friends. 

12 Degrees >> Henry's >> Laughs

What a wonderful turnout (16 people!) we had on Friday night to toast Marshall. We started at 12 Degrees brewing downtown with yummy beer and pizza. Then, a few of us decided to head to Henry's (the dive bar in town) to wrap up the evening. Little did we know, we would be in the town hot spot with a DJ and a wedding party making a stop. A fun evening of laughs and good times with friends. (I didn't do a good job of taking picture of the entire group, but we got some pics). 

12 Degrees 

partying at Henry's