The Clarkson's celebrated Christmas our traditional way - Christmas morning with Aunt Margaret; afternoon and gifts at Mom's; and night with the Lester's. Our dinner, however, was on 12-26-07 at Mom's house - when most could get together and enjoy Mom's "trendy" half-lit Christmas tree.
The Zbeeb's celebrated Christmas Eve together. We had a great meal at Murphy's in VA Highlands - thanks LARGELY to Mary and Kiki for our Christmas gift certificate for the meal!!! What a terrific surprise.
Lola says "Merry Christmas!!!"
We spent Thanksgiving in New Orleans - visiting Dad. Aunt Margaret flew in and cooked an amazing Thanksgiving feast. We all had a great time in the French Quarter and seeing the sights. We missed Mom a great deal, but look forward to a wonderful Christmas home in Atlanta with her. Unfortunately, we also missed a visit from Fr. Andrew and Jane - we heard from Alex and Reese that they had a great Thanksgiving in Atlanta. We can't wait to see all the Zbeebs in Jamaica just after the new year for our next big family affair!!! For more pictures of our holiday, click here. And, as promised, for Marisa's pictures, click here.
We are excited to announce that Andrea is coming back to Georgia. She and Victor are making their way to Savannah! After much debate on school, Victor decided to apply and was recently accepted to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. There, he will go after a Masters degree in Industrial Design. Upon hearing the news of Victor's acceptance, Andrea aggresively began looking for work... and she found her dream job! Andrea has been asked to become the General Manager of Yves Delorme, an international manufacturer and retailer of luxury home linen collections. The Savannah store is set to open December 1st, in which Yves Delorme will fly Andrea in regularly until she and Victor move in late December. This is very exciting news for us. We plan to see much more of the Pellegrino newlyweds - and we are so proud of their success! We're even more glad that they will no longer be Floridians! :-)
So, we're a little off our rockers to try to sell in this market - we know! But a month back, we fell in love with another home in Kirkwood (just around the corner from us) and we decided to take a shot a selling our beloved house on Hosea. So, if you know anyone that is looking, send them our way!
Kirby had baby boy, Daniel, yesterday. She is overwhelmed with joy, as are we!
To see more of Daniel's first moments, click here.
When Andrew decided to leave his corporate job in June, we were both nervous, but incredibly excited about the prospect of him doing "his own thang" full time. Well, turns out, the timing couldn't have been any more perfect. Since June, the growth of Frogs to Dogs has been on an insane upswing. He's hired 2 new pet sitters - and even employed a couple close friends for part-time work. F2D has begun group training classes behind Kirkwood Feed & Seed. We are currently holding our second class and the third begins in late October. Private training continues to be in high demand, as well, since we employ the REAL dog whisperer, Zsolt!
