With love, Am

Here we are about ready to travel hundreds of feet

down to Carlsbad Caverns.  These are two of Dante's and

Bella's dearest friends, Tess and Adelle.

Yes, he has had the tooth fairy visit...

I thought the day he came to show me

he had a loose tooth and the emotional

upset that followed on my behalf was going

to be the worst of it.  That is until he brought me

his tooth one morning--the tears welling up in my

eyes, I took it from him with the biggest smile I could

muster, knowing that if I spoke, he would know I

was crying.  Such a baby I am...

Wettstein visit during the aftermath of the flood.

It was wonderful to see everyone.

Bella and Ava are now able to really play together.

It's fun when the age gap forgets its gap.

Hard to see, but this is our pet butterfly.

David won't agree to a dog so we take what we

can get.  Today it is a disabled butterfly who

goes everywhere with them.  Unfortunately, the

experience of jumping on the trampoline led

to the loss of two legs and created a bit more damage

to its wings.  But it's still hanging on...seriously.

I've tried to move along its imminent death, but to

no avail, the butterfly still lives.

Dante with the butterfly named "Angel."

Well we sure do miss you. I know we are not

great at talking on the phone. We probably will never get

better. But we speak of you both all the time. 

Especially now when everything is so crazy 

for you and Russ, we want you to know

how much we pray and hope that things turn out well. 

Talking to Russ and Blake and Wade keeps me

up on what's going on in Houston. The Torres Family

is very proud of all you have done and continue to do in Fiji.  

As with everything else, please let us know what we can do to help.

Much love, am