December 2017 Update

First an update on Krista’s condition since last month’s update.  She still is not 100%, but she is feeling better.  We’re convinced now that she has erythema nodosum, although our doctor isn’t willing to say for sure that is it, but in our reading online that seems to best fit what she is experiencing.  Please continue to pray for her!

 

We had a really nice Thanksgiving.  Since Krista was still laid low, we all had to do a lot more cooking than normally, but it turned out really well.  Cai and his girlfriend, Amy, came home for the weekend, so that made it even more crowded and fun.

 

Nov 23 was also Zach’s birthday, but he had his dinner and dessert choices in the following days since turkey and pies were sort of forced on him on his actual birthday.  We also celebrated Amelia’s 12/3 birthday, and one more birthday since I wrote last that I’ll talk about later.

 

Nah, it’s so exciting, I’ll just talk about it now.  Josephine Hope Sommer was born to Ella and Cody and Hazel and Ivy on Dec 5 at 6:12AM.  She weighed 8lb 2 oz.  Ella and Josie are doing great.  We discovered that with all of our family, it took until this past weekend for Levi to get a chance to hold her.  We felt bad that he didn’t get a chance until then, but he made the most of the opportunity once he got it!

 

Josephine Hope Sommer

Levi and Josie

On Dec 7, my barbershop chorus sang at a local mall (Eastview).  We’re also singing at Marketplace Mall on Dec 21 7PM in front of the old Macy’s if anyone is in the area.  Anyway, it was fun to sing a bunch of Christmas songs, even though there were more of us in the chorus than were sitting to hear us.  We had several passers-by who stopped for a song or two though.  We were told to wear something festive so I bought a special sweater. I got many complements on it!

 

Now I just need a Seahawks ugly Christmas sweater!

Last night (Sunday, Dec 17) was our Christmas program at church.  I led a choir that sang two songs (I wore my sweater again!), and Levi was in the children’s program.  It was a lot of fun and the gospel message that started in Genesis and was incarnated at Christ’s birth was clearly presented.

 

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hanukkah, and anything else you celebrate during these days with a blessed time with family and other loved ones during this season.  I hope you understand and believe the bad news of Christmas:  we are so wicked that God had to take the extreme action of becoming a man to save us.  I hope you understand and believe the good news of Christmas:  God loves us so much that He became a man to save us from our own sin.

 

Until January!