Goodness... it has been so long since I wrote here. I need to get back into the habit, but it seems so hard. There have been so many things to write about and so many changes. Where to start...
Pierce has had a rough three years. He has struggled to determine the proper course for life, chased a poor relationship, struggled in college, dropped out, re-enrolled... wow. So many prayers for him to comeback to Christ. he is just not there yet. At least he has agreed to take our second chance offer and try college again. More prayer needed.
Nathan is in Chile completing his international requirement for graduation. That’s coming in May. Hard to believe, but it is true! He has an internship with Texas Instruments this summer and he plans to go back to Tech for grad school. He has been granted a good amount of success as the Lord has blessed his path. A scholarship from Sandia Labs has allowed him to work in the Pulse Power Lab for the last year. That will continue. He also had a nice internship with Lockheed last summer. It was a learning experience as his teamwork skills were really challenged.
Chile is a place of immence and harsh beauty. He visitied the coastline near where he is staying and sent this photograph. It is really amazing.
Also, there is the observatory there. Tours were interesting and I think he really enjoyed seeing this scope and scale of the operation.
I am sure he is looking forward to coming back to the US. As I write, he has another week there.
Jennifer and I are doing ok. The empty nest transition over the last year has been easier than expected. Maybe some of our youngest’s rebellious nature helped that. We went skiing as usual this Christmas. Nathan came, Pierce did not. The top pic is from the resort at Angel Fire, NM. I think we had a good time even though it was different. More to come this year and I will try to be more diligent to keep up this blog.
I really have never been good at resolutions. Although, I guess the previous sentence is one. Others that are needed are to keep working out, engage in building projects more frequently (more to come there) and to become more diligent with the rental business. That has been a sore spot this last year. I will post about it, maybe. So, there you have it. We shall see how I do.
