Making time

I seem to not be making time to blog good posts. They are time consuming though. I am slightly disenchanted with computers and technology right now though. I seem to feel that way often.  I wrote a letter to someone last night and it felt so nice. I really like that feeling more than staring at a screen and plunking away at a key board. I am going to do it more often. As good as all this fast, instant stuff is there is just something about pen and paper, or a face to face conversation, or an actual book, or phone call from someone. Call me old fashioned.

As far as the rest of our crazy crew. They are good. Here is a quick update on them.

Glen is busy being a super dad and husband. He loves his jobs and maybe teaching another subject next year instead of just the one all day long. He is enjoying being in with the oldest boys in his church calling. He had forgotten what a few years can do in the maturity and responsibility areas of life, not that twelve and thirteen year olds aren't wonderful. He found out he's not quite up on his finish carpenter skills. He did a great job hanging the doors and putting up some trim in the basement though.

Lilly is happy she survived the wind storms we recently had. She really wants to get baptised in couple months and wasn't sure she would make it.  I don't think she'll ever want to live in the midwest because she has a great phobia of tornados. Aside from that she is reading up a storm and doing much better in math. She got an medal for being able to teach a chess move. I am not good at chess though and have forgotten what it was called. She could beat me, I am sure. She likes playing on Dad's ipad and Ant Hill is her currant game of choice. She is developing her own sense of style, though sometimes it's a tad crazy. It really fits her personality.

Lucy is a snuggle bug and tease. She is almost reading small words and loves preschool. The last few times she has gone to preschool she has wanted to ride her bike. So we take it to Evelyn and Roberta's and she rides it while I jog next to her to school and back. It has been a lot of fun. The next step is to get her on two wheels and no training wheels. She loves playing with her cousins. She can be a total girly girl when she wants or a complete tom boy. It's fun to see her adapt.

Daryl is our crazy boy. Like I have shown he is on the go and in to places all the time. He has this super high pitched yell. i may be deaf by time he grows out of it. He loves being outside doing what ever. Like most kids he is a magnet to water and is commonly found playing in the chickens. His vocabulary is growing all the time and our ability to understand him is getting better too! Some of his favorites are "Hi" and "Bye". Bye is accompanied by an enthusiastic hand wave and usually a lean to ward the person he is saying bye too so he can give them a nice open mouthed kiss. As wild and crazy as he is he is a good cuddlier, and a sweet boy. One of my favorite things he does is at night when I rock him to help calm him down for bed, he always has to look at this picture book we have of a few pictures from when I was in high school but mostly the engagement photos Glen and I had taken. I think it is so cute.