Family
It's a boy!
Beautiful baby boy, 7lbs 8oz, with a full head of hair. Sara + (as yet unnamed) baby are healthy and doing well.
Sitch Family Thanksgiving in Ottawa
The Sitch clan returned to Ottawa for a long weekend Thanksgiving at home. Ben + Allison drove up from Toronto, Joe flew in from Calgary (H couldn't attend, bummer), and Sara and I flew in from SF. Ottawa's miserable summer broke for this one glorious weekend.
Amelia walks 60 miles in the San Francisco 3-day Breast Cancer Walk
After a grueling 3-day 60-mile walk, Sara's sister Amelia is convinced that their ancestors were nomadic. No foot bandages, no shin splits, no tendonitis, Amelia powered through the walk without breaking a sweat. Okay, I made that last part up. She sweat a lot. Kinda stinky too.
Visiting our old family house in Sheffield, England
I was in the UK and Ireland on business and had a meeting with a lab manager at the University of Sheffield. When our family lived in England we lived in Sheffield! I swung by our old house and it's funny how much I remember.
New York family vacation
My family has suddenly discovered that vacations are fun. It all started with a two week vacation in Italy for John's 60th in April 2008. I met Bekks and John in Brussels on business in September, then Ben + Allison and Joe flew out to California for Christmas and New Years. Who knew traveling was so cool?
Christmas 2008 in San Francisco and Tahoe with brothers Ben (+ Allison) and Joe
Joe flew in first for some extended bonding time. We had a nice Christmas in Napa with Sara's extended family.