Wedding Anniversary, death, QUARTO, waffles, Minnesota, false walls

Greetings readers ...

Jason

1. As implied previously, has been working for MicroLink since October 2011.
2. Visited lots of family during Grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary this past weekend
3. During the same weekend, lost an uncle to ALS; please pray for his aunt Diane and family.
4. Continuing to be in the midst of learning various things; current focus are SharePoint, pHp, Ruby.
5. Now owner of game: QUARTO!

Ruth

1. Survived (and thrived) visiting Jason's grandparents in Minnesota.
2. Ran a 5k several weeks ago (with little running in recent weeks) in all-time personal best.
3. Getting worked up to be asynchronous math teacher.
4. Continues in "local celebrity" - is a spokesperson at several weight-loss meetings
5. Makes a mean waffle.

Peter

1. First plane ride this past weekend.
2. Got to see loads of relatives in Minnesota and meet great-grandparents.
3. Can readily identify many shapes, colors, numbers.
4. Loves to run.
5. Has effectively mastered the "Shape" puzzle.

Michael

1. First plane ride this past weekend.
2. Very popular among newly-discovered aunts.
3. Continues to improve speech.
4. Slowly showing evidence of facility for colors, numbers, ordering.
5. Loves and adores his brother.

Other

• Home improvement:
• Got back single-unit washer + dryer from Ruth's brother
• Knocked out false wall in bathroom (Ruth's dad + Jason)
• Put washer AND dryer indoors
• Fixed bathroom door handle (Ruth's dad)
• Finished most of the siding outside of porch  (Ruth's dad + brother)
• Glued butcher block as a single unit (Ruth's dad)
• Fixed butcher block's drawers (Ruth's dad)

MicroLink, Car Accident, singing, non-jumping, in-house

I haven't been faithful to update this blog; but, I don't know if I even have readers.

Jason

1. Hired by MicroLink in October 2010; Bridgeborn did their best to retain me - but their contracts kept expiring.  God is faithful!
2. Did ultimately finish the NanoWrimo, though it has yet to be fully edited 1.5 years later.
3. Is in the midst of learning SharePoint, Azure, more pHp, and HTML 5.0
4. Took and failed a cert exam (70-542) and intends to pass two this year (70-667/8)
5. Actively surviving an infection; was originally a boil and has slowly been healing.

Ruth

1. Started writing and finished her epilogue in about four hours in Nov 2009.
2. Had a car accident last year - lost the car but Ruth was unscratched.
3. In the latter 8 months of 2010, lost 115 lbs; currently about 36 lbs from her goal.
4. Got hired as a Financial Advisor, a Home School Teacher, and a spokesperson.
5. Has a half-Iron Man coming up this Saturday

Peter

1. Talks in nearly complete sentences.
2. Walks, runs, jumps-in-place.
3. When he thinks nobody is paying attention, sings to himself.
4. Sometimes prays.
5. Loves his brother - those is sometimes not considerate of him.

Michael

1. Talks - but everything sounds like "da" to Jason.
2. Walks, barely runs, any jumping-in-place don't really leave the ground
3. Loves and adores his brother
4. Loves dogs
5. Is almost as large as Peter - though over a year younger.

Other

• House has gone through various changes
• Screen-in porch is much the same as it was last post
• Tile put down (Ruth), wired (Ruth's dad), and Blinds up (Ruth)
• Still needs a few tweaks, an inspection, a paint job
• Kitchen now has floating table island, 1/4 less walls, and new tile
• One of the bathroom doors now lacks a door handle
• Butcher block board split in two
• Floating table island back fell off, now nailed
• Several Christmas' ago, Jason was given a keyboard by his brother
• Jason gave it away to Dee (biological father)
• Went to a Joshua Bell concert to see Ruth's brother perform
• Bell is amazing
• Dad's parent's 60th anniversary is a Thursday in July
• praying about whether to go that weekend, that Thursday, or whatever
• Jason running low on days off
• Dee has visited about three or four times in the last 1.5 years
• Always interesting
• Still praying about whether to go to the reunion - happens week before Convention