It is always difficult to assess the best ways to communicate with you, our family and friends.  Since there are about 400 of you receiving our emails, this means there are about 400 different opinions on the best methods in frequency and content of our updates to you.  Some of you are busy and to read each week can be a battle, while others feel our emails provide a needed challenge in their lives and wish we wrote more.  The grandparents probably wish we communicated daily :)

So, here is our new effort at appeasement.  Having a blog allows YOU to determine how much you want to read and connect to us.  We will still send our weekly updates, but will write less in them and link more often to this blog.  As we begin this new step in communication, let us know what you think and how it works for you.