Dear Family, Friends and General Acquaintances,
Paul began his 9th year at Mentalix, a
fingerprint software company. While
he still runs around like a headless chicken most days doing everything from IT for the people in the office, handling the Help Desk for client issues,
managing the new Card Conversion Division (including HR related drama for those
employees), traveling to fabulous places like San Diego, CA and also not so
fabulous locations like Keene, TX, performing software tests, He was
promoted to Technical Operations Manager and enjoys being familiar with so many
aspects of the company. Occasionally he
is able to go sailing either at Lake Grapevine or Lake Lewisville with some
racers who enjoy winning. I’m not sure if this helps appease his desire to
own a boat or only makes it worse.
Once he is making millions from the code he writes for
various apps in his spare time he will buy his own boat so our boys can grow up sailing like he did.
Caryn is mostly a SAHM (the chauffeur, event organizer,
errand runner, repair technician and lately a lot of refereeing) and continues
to work part-time in her pajamas (aka working from home) as the Director of Finance for the Christian
non-profit, Sigma Phi Lambda, Inc. Most notably she cooks fresh meals daily and
the house is never dirty. In her spare
time she enjoys catching up on the last years “must read” books, scrapbooking….can’t
remember the last time that happened and finding more projects on Pinterest that may or may not
get done.
Gabriel turned four in October and now tests our patience
as a bossy pants and arguer is such a big help with his little brother and
practices his debate skills for what will surely be a lucrative career as a
lawyer. He is a giver and a helper especially
if the helping involves being outside with his daddy. He is bilingual and is currently learning his
3rd language because he is a genius and and clearly Harvard bound. Gabriel enjoys
building with LEGOs and playing with his wooden train set. He is so advanced with his building and
problem solving skills that the Dallas Transport Authority will be contacting
him soon to help find a solution to the traffic congestion across the North
Dallas metroplex. We as parents take
all the credit for his highly developed abilities.
David had his first birthday in June. As a child in the 90th percentiles
for height and weight we will begin investing in our retirement plan by
training him for football as a defensive end next year. He gets into everything and is the reason
Caryn is physically exhausted and keeps a large bottle of ibuprofen stocked in
the cabinet is an inquisitive child with a lot of energy. He loves his big
brother (Bubba) and has a great encourager in him for things Mommy doesn’t want
him to do. David is an expert at locking himself in closets, emptying drawers and cabinets in record time loves playing hide and seek and finding new things to play with. Having mastered his ABC’s by the age of one and memorized The Lord's Prayer by fifteen months, David is now learning to count to 100. We are so blessed to have two gifted children!
Merry Christmas!
The Bells
Celebrating 9 years of
marriage this month (but it only feels like 3 1/2).
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