2010 has been exciting for us and full of a lot of changes. We have been blessed immensely.
Esther is 2 (almost 3) and in nursery at church. She absolutely loves her nursery teachers! She loves to look at books, sing, dance and she is quite a dare-devil. She climbs on things at the playground that make Elizabeth's knees shake. Esther has a best friend named Lydia that she adores and has become good friends with two girls next door. Esther has mastered animal noises.
Joseph turned 6 this year and started Kindergarten at a Montessori charter school. It has been good for him and he has made lots of friends there. Joseph loves to read, build things out of anything (Legos, blocks, car parts, recycled stuff), draw plans of things to invent and sell to people, and run. He recently got a suit to match Glen's and loves to wear it to church. He wants to grow up to be just like his dad. :)
Athena turned 18 this year and she is engaged at school with choir and other great things. When she is not busy with school performances, she is busy getting good grades and having fun with friends. She also plays the organ at church.
Elizabeth has been busy with the house; especially with painting and organizing things. We recently made our casita available for missionaries in our stake to use and the things from the casita that ended up in the house must go. ;) Elizabeth has fun exercising at the YMCA. She also has very strong entrepreneur-tendencies and is working on projects from home to make extra money for the family. **Here's where Elizabeth's life gets really interesting: Because she has dysphagia (trouble swallowing her food), her doctor tested her for several things and one of the things she tested positive for is a gluten intolerance. Now Elizabeth is learning how to cook gluten-free food. And it's pretty fun, unless she really wants a nice slice of baguette with a bit of Brie. Sometimes, there is just no substitute for the real thing, haha... Another side benefit of dysphagia is getting an endoscopy, which will take place at the beginning of 2011. A specialist will stick a long tube with a camera down her throat and take a peek at her esophagus and stomach. Eek.
Glen, the very smart and hard-working head of our household, went back to school and is earning a Master of Ed degree at Arizona State University. He has completed his first semester and is learning LOTS. He likes to ride his bike to school when he can and is having a bit of extra fun with learning how to teach secondary school kids (middle school and high school). He is a Priesthood teacher at church, as well as a ward missionary.
We send you and your families lots of love and prayers for the best blessings the Lord can give you.
With Love,
The Stowers Family
