We are all doing well and hope this finds you and your friends and family enjoying the holiday season. We’re bracing for some real winter weather coming soon, and it just may be a white Christmas for us!
We stayed fairly close to home with our travels this year.
In August we took Kendra and the boys on a four day trip to Fredericksburg and the National Museum of the Pacific War. The boys are both very interested in all things military, especially the history of WWII, so we knew they’d love this experience, and they did.
As a bonus, our campsite in the city park was adjacent to the
small local airport, so the planes coming and going were great entertainment.
Kendra and the boys enjoyed the pool at their hotel, as the weather was
typical for August…. HOT!
We did manage to keep busy with a variety of projects in spite of the hot weather.
I spiced up the summer by raising a small pond (wading pool)
full of tadpoles, eventually releasing them into a real pond near a local
nature trail.
Steve has kept busy with rebuilding a back porch and thinning our rapidly growing forest of brush. ‘Seems like no matter how much we cut, there’s always more!
Daphna is doing well at 94.
She does require assistance to
leave her room, but does as much walking as she can. One of our visits with her
was an outdoor picnic and the menu was In-N- Out burgers… her favorite!
Daph's sister Dawn joined us for Thanksgiving.
We were lucky and had great weather for the week, so tucked in a couple of day trips before the big dinner.
This month marks the one year anniversary for Kendra and the
boys in their new home. The boys are still being homeschooled, with the parents
each focusing on different topics, and that seems to be going well. They’ve met
other kids in the neighborhood and are finally settling in now that they have a
few playmates
So that’s how our year went! We hope you had a good year too,
and are looking ahead to good things in 2023.
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year!
