As 2009 approaches, we wanted to share an updated family photo, as well as look back and share some recent amusing things which give you an idea of the emerging personalities behind the faces of our boys.
Elijah is a big tall 4-year-old now, with a growing collection of caterpillars, frogs, future frogs (17 tadpoles to be exact), beetles, and other assorted local critters. He is also a man of many many words, many of them unexpectedly hilarious. When Elijah turned 4 on the 18th, he proudly told his little brother, “Zekey, I’m a 4 year old guy!”
One day before Christmas, Elijah and Janeene were playing with some cars. Janeene said, “I can do a donut,” and then demonstrated with her car the 360 degree “donut” spinout. Elijah, never one to be outdone, loudly exclaimed, “I can do a cinnamon roll!”
Zekey is still our “quiet one”, a little man of few words and many grunts. We enjoy a number of his words, though, including “guck” (duck), “gobgobgob” (turkey gobble), and “mah-men” (“Amen,” which he now likes to interject during our bedtime prayer times). He also loves to walk holding one or both hands in ours.
A favorite game of his is to crawl as fast as he can towards one of us, then if we crawl towards him on a “collision course,” he laughs and squeals and using his hands he scoots himself backwards along the floor just as fast as he came (we have smooth plywood flooring which slides really well).
We hope that 2009 finds you all happy and healthy and most importantly, resting in the big hands of our Lord. We thank you for your part in keeping our family out here among the Tobo people!
Love, Chad, Janeene, Elijah, and Zekey
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