Just a brief update!

Hi, all!

Yes, we are still alive and kicking out here but we have been super busy. We should have some more updates coming soon, but wanted to give a quick list of what has gone on, and what's coming up:

1) In September, Jen was given additional clients to add to her workload. Overall, she has enjoyed the additional hours, but the driving is getting to be a lot for her. Her three regular clients were within a few miles of us but the newest are in San Ramon and Pleasanton, both of which are drives, especially when you factor in traffic. She also works long days back to back on Thursday and Friday, but lighter ones Tuesday and Wednesday, so that can add to the stress. So far she's handling it, and it appears to be temporary, so for the time being she is enjoying her clients.

2) Both of us have been working pretty hard at school. Thankfully, the term is almost over for us both. Jen ends around December 6th and Jeff will end sometime in mid-December.

3) We had Halloween at our house, which consisted of having maybe a dozen children get candy, and we enjoyed classic Halloween movies. This year it was Garfield's Halloween and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.

4) Speaking of Hitchcock the Saturday after Halloween we went to the San Francisco Symphony to enjoy the live Hitchcock concert, where movies were played with live music. It got us more into Hitchcock films, so once school is over, we are adding more to our growing list of to-see movies!

5) On November 17th, we reached a milestone: 9 years of marriage. This would have been great, except that Jen was recovering from a cold that kept her out of work the entire week, and Jeff was in the middle of getting sick. We did manage to survive a run to Jamba Juice for smoothies, and Jen's sister was kind enough to make us some dinner, but we decided we will have to have a do-over, so we're planning to go out next month.

6) We celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday with Jeff's parents, but cooked for a small army! We made three pies, mashed potatoes, stuffing, yams, corn, salad, green bean casserole, and a 17-pound turkey. So there's plenty of leftovers at the Perry house!

7) We skipped the mayhem of going out on Black Friday and did some online shopping instead. We got a few good deals, so the next few weeks we'll be getting some nice packages in the mail.

We have a lot to look forward to in the next month including:

- Our annual photos
- Our anniversary do-over
- Christmas
- A few surprise outings
- And a lot more!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving as well!