Today I closed a chapter in my life. I resigned from my job after working full-time for 13+ years as a director/designer. It was a tough decision that I struggled with and prayed about for several months and after going through all kinds of emotions, I finally decided to let it go… This was a choice we made as a family when we decided to “simplify” our lives. As much as I would like to think I was good at balancing my kids and my career, the truth was, I was not… I was too busy, doing too many things and was always on the go, rushing my kids along. I chose to take a few steps back and reprioritize my life. It’s nerve-wracking to think that I’m letting go of a career I’ve been building for 21 years, but I came to realize the most important job I needed to be best at is being a mom and a wife.
I have been so blessed to do what I love for a living and met so many wonderful people in my industry who became my closest friends. As much as I’m sad, I’m also excited to relax a little, spend more quality time with my family and most excited about driving kids to school in my pjs tomorrow morning!

I’ll miss this place…

Celebratory lunch with my co-workers. Cheers!
I’ll be working with them as a consultant. 😉

I had an amazing night hanging out with these beautiful ladies, sharing each of our grace stories over delicious meal. Thank you Susan for having us over!

My friend’s been giving me bliss spa gift cards for my birthdays over the years and realizing that I haven’t used it, she made me take the day off and meet her at the spa. What a treat!

My before & after facial pictures. What a difference. 🙂

Then we headed over to Nobu57 to have lunch. Yum!!! My 5 course lunch bento box:

Thank you so much for making my day so special Renna!! 😉

I’ve been cooking a lot this week to make up for last few weeks of eating poorly. I need to beef up my kids! The last two weeks, our schedules have been so crazy, I did a lot of ordering food and buying prepared food on the go in-between kids activities. 

This weeks specials including: Korean Short Rib

Truffle butter pasta

French Toast

Butternut squash salad

We also hosted last min, pot luck to get together with friends.

Tried making French onion burgers for the first time and it was pretty good!

I’m having a holiday lunch with my team in the city today. So we headed out early and made stops at Brookfield Place to check out Luminaries and Oculus Mall to check out the Winter ONEderland.

So excited to go up!

Lunch @ Public Kitchen

What a fun day!

Our team got together for a group photo and we pretend to have a Christmas story time. What Fun!

Oh and it was a ugly sweater day. 😉

One of the trends we are going to see in 2019 is Hygge trend. So we put together this pop-up area for presentations and meetings and also so we can hang out. 🙂

Candle submission that I designed with the team.

Good morning my tired but happy girls!

Belgium waffles & bacon quiche for breakfast 

Morning activity: Making bath bombs…

These are the dreamcatchers the girls made! They did a wonderful job!

Chloe’s dreamcatcher

The guests left around 12:30 and Chloe wished they could stay for another night… It was a sweet little party. Happy birthday my daughter!

Making dream catchers…

Snacks for the movies!

Watching “Bend it like Beckham” through a projector

Lights out at 11:30 p.m… heard giggles and laughter until past 1 a.m… Sweet dream…

I smashed the cake to her face and she loved it! lol

For dinner I made penne alls vodka, 

& Roasted butternut squash salad with apple and cranberry vinaigrette (my fav!)

My happy guests.:)