I do enjoy following our family on the computer and reading and seeing what they put there.  I am becoming used to this relatively modern convenience and find it not only useful, but delightful.  I admit that there are times when it brings bad news and information that I could get along without.  But it defines life the way that it is in 2011 and I am happy to be alive in this here and now.  I guess that I could list lots of things that are different for the 2nd and 3rd generation of our family.  I have even come to the point where I take them for granted.  But when I take time to reflect on them I am quite amazed at the way that things are now.  I hope that you realize a little of what you have that we did not  have when we were growing up.  Then I see that all of this isn't necessarily good.  (It isn't necessarily good or bad on its own.)  But there sure are a lot of problems that can come with all of this progress.  And even though we are pretty much done with the raising of our family we are not separate from them either.  We see Zach's dental surgery in the morning and, of course, Colton's surgery on Friday and it concerns us.  At the same time we know a little of how that affects the parents and the rest of the family.  We are just not 'separate' from any of you.  I wonder is it might not actually be more difficult to see those things happen from a distance, because your concern is actually expanded to include more and more people and circumstances.  No, the lot of being a grandpa is not an easy one, nor a grandma either.  You'll see when you get there, and the way time flies by it won't be very long either.