Where does time go?

It is amazing how time just flies right by. When Matt decided to update our family blog (3 weeks ago), I was determined to keep it going, at least once a week. It has been more than 1 week and a lot has happened.

A CHILD'S FAITH

So Tristyn had been sick a few weeks ago and we stayed home from church since she had a high fever. We decided to watch a church movie, and her favorite church movie is, The Testaments, and there is a part that Jesus heals a sick person. She asked me, "do you think he will heal me?" I said, "yes, if you have faith he will, he will." That night she said her prayers and said, "Heavenly Father, please have Jesus heal me and take my fever away." The next morning she came running in my room and asked, "do I still have a fever?" I checked and said, "NO." Then Tristyn said, with a big smile on her face, "Jesus healed me, yeah!"

It is amazing to me how much faith children have and how much we can truely learn from them.

Tristyn Rocking Out

Ashley and I captured this video of Tristyn rocking out in our kitchen one night. We didn't prompt or cajole her with money ... she just naturally started kicking it. Afterward, we watched the video and, after laughing hysterically, fast-forwarded to her teenage years and started getting nervous. Oh well, kids keep us young.

Week of January 25th, 2009

Back in Glendale. After a whirlwind adventure to Seattle, Ogden and abroad, we have finally returned home and it feels nice. The fall trimester ended December 10th at Thunderbird and we decided to take advantage of the situation by shipping off to visit family. Our first stop was in Seattle to visit my parents. The snow was incredible and we found ourselves cozying up inside my parent's home for two weeks. As the snow melted, we ventured out to see a number of friends we had not seen since our move to Glendale. It was awesome visiting with our family and friends. After the new year holiday we packed up and flew south to Ogden where we shacked up with Ashley's parents for the duration of the month. After a few days in Ogden, I took off for a school trip to China (posting later with the details) while Ashley and the children stayed at her parent's (posting later with more details). In the end, we really had good visits although 11 days apart was enough. Now, we're home and cracking into our last semester at Thunderbird. Until next week.