Hello to all
again! This month’s celebrations were my birthday on 10/19, my Dad’s
heavenly birthday on 10/21, granddaughter Daisy’s 3rd birthday on 10/28, Levi’s
birthday on 11/14, and Carissa and Matt’s 4th anniversary on 11/14.
Last month I
mentioned possible videos coming of our chorus and quartet competition back in
September. I still don’t have video of the chorus, but here are links to
my quartet’s two sessions. This one https://youtu.be/Ynh64uIJk-Y?fbclid=IwAR0K0066SgbPqu9sFPCPPofGxam8kd7D6ZUWuuuohiYtIlkb8u9l22-zUuQ
is from our Friday night competition. This one https://youtu.be/hhKc1NlAfHE is our
Saturday “mic tester” set (don’t panic when you just have audio, no video, for
about 5-10 seconds).
Ella and Cody
hosted a Halloween party at their house for those of us who live around
here. They did an amazing job organizing themed snacks (like mummy babies
pigs in a blanket, deviled brains/eggs and spider web taco dip) and games (like
digging for spiders, vampire marshmallow grab, and mummy making).
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| Abigail doing the vampire marshmallow grab |
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| Levi and Hazel |
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| Cody and Krista digging for spiders |
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| Abigail and Cody making Jemmie a mummy |
In sports, we
proudly cheered the Seattle Sounders to their 2nd MLS cup championship, and
we’re impressed by how well the Seahawks and Bills are doing. We won’t
talk about my fantasy team.
In weather, we
had our first significant snow of the season last week, about a foot, causing
the cancellation of some activities. It’s really pretty, but not fun to
drive in. It took me an extra half hour to get home that day.
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| Our backyard (photo credit Jemmie) |
This past
Saturday, we watched Hazel, Ivy, and Josie while Ella and Cody went out to a
movie. We had fun reading Christmas books and playing with our adorable
granddaughters.
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| Hazel reading to Ivy and Josie |
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| Now it's Krista's turn to read |
Yesterday, my
quartet sang for another birthday party. The man who hired us apparently
found us online when he was looking for a barbershop quartet. He and his
girlfriend had heard a barbershop quartet on one of their first dates, and he
thought it would be fun for her to have one sing at her birthday party.
It went over really well, and she was impressed. He definitely scored a
lot of points with her!
Finally, I
talked with some of you about this separately, but we found out recently that
my 16-year-old daughter, Jemmie, has hypertrophic cardio myopathy. It’s
not life-threatening or anything, but we were researching because it can be
genetic. We haven’t yet determined anything conclusively, but the only
link we’ve found is in my Taylor side of the family (my Mom’s side) there has
been a history of heart problems, although quite minor—nothing that caused
early death. Anyway, we’d appreciate prayers as we continue to
investigate what we need to do about it. I had a echocardiography this
morning, and I don’t have HCM, and we haven’t found it in anyone else yet
either, but most of us still have to have the echo test.
I hope you all
enjoy your Thanksgiving, and cheer for the Bills when they play in Dallas!
Until December!
