Robert, Robert...

Dearest midget brother...

 

Okay so that is a bit low Elder Williams, but I had a laugh.  I mean I bet I am still a bit taller than you.  Plus I got you by 85 pounds...okay I really am not that fat, or I really hope that your not that skinny.  That would be really a bad thing for you.

 

I must tell you that I thought for sure that I had converted Jenny to my side of the game but I discovered today that she is all yours.  I am a bit dismayed, all that hard work...anyway, it will be awesome to have you home and see Jenny play us both for all we are worth. 

 

My kids currently are currently being pretty cute.  Andrea in playing with Legos and she is way excited.  I will be honest however, she is just excited about something to suck on.  She is really good lately at grabbing things.  To the point that tonight I couldn't start talking/typing until I put her down.  She is growing in her skills.  She also likes to grab things and wave them around.  That is a pretty interesting thing for a little girl. 

 

Andrea turned 6 months on my birthday, which was fun.  It definitely put a perspective on how long we have had her.  She is getting big fast.  She is also starting to wiggle around in an almost directional way. 

 

Okay so to Zach, there is so much to say.  Tonight for starters we had spaghetti.  That is a favorite around here.  When he started eating we made him take his white shirt off to protect it.  He did a really good job and it was quite cute.  Then he was done and turned around and wiped the little spaghetti he had on his hands onto his white shirt.  Argh!

 

Another fun thing is that when Zach stills a toy from Andrea he say very nicely "Thank you" and is off.  Like that makes it better, sigh. 

 

Maybe the funniest thing about Zach this week was when we went Bryce (went for my birthday) we were eating lunch in the parking lot by a viewpoint and I was feeding the Mountain Chickadees and White-breasted Nuthatchs.  He would hold a piece of a pretzel and chase the birds around saying "more, more!"  I was throwing a good amount of bird food around him on the ground and so he had a good number of birds playing and eating around him and he was trying to get the birds to hop or fly through his legs.  That was a moment when we really wish we had a video camera. 

 

A funny story about feeding the birds was that when I was at the most guilty stage of feeding the birds a ranger walked buy looked at Zach chasing the birds and he just laughed.  We so deserved at least a scolding. 

 

Well have you been to Bryce?  I must say that it is worth the trip.  Of the parks I have been to it is one of my favorites.  I must try say that I have only been to 14 of 58 parks.  But I have been to 90% of the most popular parks.  For me there are a few more that are really peaking my interest but I am honestly not interested in focussing on getting all of them.  I have about 10 or so more I really want to hit and others if I am close and it is convienent I will do but that is my feeling.  Currently in my life I am more interested in hitting all the temples in the USA.  I am actually by the end of this year likely going to have more temples to my list than National Parks. 

 

Okay so here is another funny thing that Zach does...do you remember the toys that have the gearing that when you push them they will speed up and go fast?  Sometimes you can build up tons of speed they will go dang fast.  Well he likes to get the wheels going and picks the motorcycle up and lets the wheels rub on his face.  It is hillarious how he tries to do it so carefully. 

 

I am wondering what else to say to you...I love you man.  I am proud of my brother in Jamaica.  You definitely rock!  I hope that your work is going well.  You are honestly not missing out on things that will ever leave you lacking.  I hope your well.

 

Love your brother!

 

Chris

 

P.s. I hope that this letter to you is not to overly proud parenty.  I know that those things can be really annoying!