Home soon...

Well brother,

 

I must tell you that I am having the time of my life with you about to come home.  Mom and Jenny are so possessive of you!  I know that they love you, but they are going beyond that.  Teasing is child's play and they get sucked in every time.  So this is where you come in.  Your job is to tell them that you have decided to take the job in Vegas and live with me, an brush it off as only for the summer.  That will be so worth it to me.  Just tell them you feel it is right and tell them your really excited!  Please man that would be sweet...

 

Also I am supposed to tell you that your supposed to decide what you want to do about getting set apart.  My advice is tell them what you want and then you can ignore the fact of coming home until it happens. 

 

So on to more interesting things.  I am thinking that (once again, I will admit) I want to get an 8x10 camera.  The honest truth about it however is that I would only want to shoot with it once in a while (still have the Medium format, are you interested in that at all?  To use more so than buy...let me know).  Like when I went to Zion once a year, and a few other times.  Just for that occasional option of changing pace on the photography I am doing (I guess I want that flavor of old school in my work as well)...

 

On this subject I am proposing an 8x10 camera time share!  I imagine that you would want it rarely as well, and so we could make having this toy easier for us both.  I feel like we have the same ideal on care of equipment and we could just send it back and forth to each other at predetermined times.  Honestly tell me what you think, but don't think much about it until later...

 

So that is that.  Did I tell you that I call Zach Robert all the time?  I mean a lot of the time.  3 times today at least.  I think about you a lot. 

 

Well on to greener pastures...I hear AnnMarie has a boyfriend.  That is awesome.  She is pretty unsure about the whole deal.  I remember by first flame, I was ready to put it out when I realized what was going on.

 

I almost forgot.  I got a job this week in Las Vegas for the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency).  So this means that we will be staying in Las Vegas for at least a year from April.  The job is working as a research scientist doing all kinds of research with water, soil, chemistry and safety guidelines.  It is cool because I will have to chance to be trained on all kinds of research techniques and machinery (like having a chance to learn to use all tractors and attachments ever made).  This will prepare me in a big way for a Job later that may be a career job.  This job is also nice because about every serious job out there asks for education and 1 or 2 years of experience.  This will be that experience.  I am excited.  I will get paid about $36,000 a year.   So that is a pretty good start, about twice what I make now.  The nice thing about it is that I will be able to arraigned my schedule to have a lot of time to focus in my photography business. 

 

So this means that I won't be moving to Provo, for at least 2 years.  This makes me sad, but I am okay with staying in Vegas for another year.  The fun is good (outdoors ectera), the wards are good, and the parks are great for our kids.  We live to go to the park.  It is funny what you become when you are a parent.  My kids are my life!

 

So my son is a little raccoon.  He totally has to dip anything he eats into water, and wash it.  Did you know raccoons do that?  They wash food before they eat it.  That is one reason they are always by streams.  I is adorable.  He just has such a happy little world that he operates in.  I love to see him play and be happy.  I am excited for you to see him to.  He is starting to talk a lot as well.  Lately he is using Daddy and Mommy all the time.  It is still cute to.  He says "Daddy, comere, food!" or Daddy vacum truckkk (he really drags the K out on that word).  He is proud that we own the bronco and that we Vacuumed it out. 

 

His Sister Andi is doing well.  She could totally crawl but just isn't putting the separate steps together.  She scoots backwards (that really confuses her, she looks like where am I going?), does the overhand reach (tries to reach out and can't quite get it and then reaches with the other arm moving forward a few inches) and she rolls around.  With all these things she is all over the floor.  She will crawl sometime. 

 

Another fun thing about her (she is 8 months old now, the age that Zach was when you went on your mission) is that she loves to sit up on the counter.  We just sit her up there and she can see everything.  That makes her so happy.  You can see the huge amount of Joy on her face!  I love to see that! 

 

Okay I forgot to mention it earlier.  We have decided that we aren't going to come up for when you come home because we could only spend about a day up there before we would have to turn around and head home.  So we decided that if we can only come up once in the spring that we would come up a week later when we can play and hang out for a week or so and then head back home.  Your invited to ride back to Vegas with us and see what we do down here for fun and then catch a bus back, or not.  That is an open invitation.  I just want you to not be disappointed when we aren't there initially.  Besides you don't want two little kids stealing the Robert show.

 

Hmmm, I am getting blanks now, so I will let you go.  Your time is precious, so write mom and Jenny. 

 

One more things.  Did I tell you that I realized that you and Jenny are like you and me?  Remember how we always hung out and were buds?  Well now jenny had that time with you before you left and she sees it like that I think.  That is really awesome.  I hope that if your in Provo you always have a good time together.  Our family bonds are so important to foster and protect. 

 

I love you man!  I hope that you had a great conference (we are led by an amazing prophet!), and that things are going well!  I hope that you have your best month in your mission to come!  You can make it that way!

 

Chris