Eric and Lisa

Well, as of my last blog, we had not seen one snowflake this winter, but eleven days later, we're quite familiar with the sparkly white stuff. We had a good two inches a week or so ago, most of which has melted off, but almost every night we get a little dusting to make everything pretty again. Even though I'm not a huge fan of winter, I'm glad for the cold snap -- it should make the summer easier to bear by killing off a bunch of flies, mosquitos, ants and whatnot. Winter is finally here.

With January comes the fun of NFL playoffs and the anticipation of the Super Bowl. Thank goodness, our COLTS finally made it this year! Woo-hoo! There was quite a bit of whooping and hollering going on in our TV room last Sunday when they defeated our arch-nemesis, the New England Patriots. I'll have to miss the live viewing of the Super Bowl because I'll be in Honduras, but Eric is going to record the game for me. I guess my wonderful Peyton Manning will have to win it without my "help"! I'll be proudly wearing my #18 jersey on the plane down to Honduras, though!

Other than that, there's not much to report. Eric is still plugging away at his work, and is starting to schedule subjects for one of his experiments. Ian is "cruising" along the furniture now, and trying to experiment with standing by himself, although he hasn't figured it out yet. I almost kind of hope he doesn't figure it out for a couple weeks...until after I get back from Honduras! I would hate to miss his first steps! I have a new student, making my total grow to six at this time, which is keeping me fairly busy. It's always a lot of extra work at the beginning of a new student relationship -- making lesson plans, finding readings that interest that person, setting up the class structure, etc. Once I get going, though, it's usually smooth sailing with only a little preparation work every week. We're so thankful for how God has provided for us, over and over again. His faithfulness has only increased our faith in Him.