Connected

What a world we live in.  My wife's sister plays volleyball at an American university, but is too far away for us to go to her games.  So, we are able to use the internet to watch her games live and view live stats for each of her games.  Our desktop computer is hooked up to our TV, which we use as the monitor, so we don't have to crowd around a small laptop/monitor to watch.  It is so cool to be able to watch the game, view the score, and keep track of all of the game statistics; it is almost like we are there.  My wife is then able to text her sister and discuss the game (using Kik) because the volleyball team's van is equipped with wi-fi.

We also use Skype a lot because all of our siblings live all over Canada and the US.  My parents do not have the internet, so everytime that they are over, we Skype family so that they have the opportunity to see each other face-to-face.  Even though they see each other once or twice a year in person, our girls actually know their cousins because of Skype; they even play "Barbies" together. 

The internet has provided ways for us to connect in ways that were hard to imagine in the past and has helped to make our families closer because of the instant and face-to-face communication that we are able to have.