So much for the news...

Having a family changes a lot of things. One of those things is that you are only one person in a group. I had another offer from a big animation studio in California and this time I thought 'This is it! I'm going for it!". The previous offers were always 'we need you here yesterday!' or the timing was bad. There's more to life than work. We live right beside a great school, our house is feeling more like home, and we've saved up a bit to do something fun, and we're near family. Plus the stuff I'm working is fun anyway! Why give that up? It looks like we're settling in Toronto for the foreseeable future. I won't rule it out down the road, but right now I just need a place to settle with the family.

the kids: