One Year Closer To A Teen

Nina's 11th birthday was last Sunday, which, frankly, I find more unsettling than the fact that I will be turning 40 in three months.  She had a lovely day with her parents and brothers, along with Nonni, Aunt Christina and Olivia, who made the trip up for the weekend.  The big event was a home screening of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, followed by a dinner of spaghetti and meatballs.  Here's some pictures memorializing the day.

VICTORY!

As I'm sure you've all noticed, there has been an unsettling silence from State of Nature for the last month and a half or so.  The principal reason for that was that I had been in beautiful Lakeland, Florida for seven weeks at a large trial for Honeywell.  Thankfully, given the time away and intellectual and emotional investment I made in the case, we prevailed last Thursday when the jury returned a verdict fully vindicating Honeywell.  This article from the local paper roughly describes the conclusion of the case without too many inaccuracies.  I, however, am partial to the short, sweet, description in the company press release following the verdict.