October 2020 Update

 In the news this month, we ended our quarantine on September 28 and no one got sick, so we thank God for that!  We celebrated Ella’s birthday (9/21) with a family get-together on the 20th, and we celebrated my granddaughter, Alma’s, 5th birthday (10/6) on the 3rd with a party her parents had at their house.  We had great food and fun party events like coloring, making bead bracelets, and pin the petal on the flower.  We also got together yesterday 10/18 for my birthday, which is today.  You don’t NEED to send money, but…

 

Krista made delicious pumpkin buckle for my birthday dessert, and all the local family came over, so that made getting older, which I can’t avoid, more pleasant.

 

Now that churches are opening, and we no longer have to quarantine, we have been able to attend church again, and it has been very spiritually encouraging to sing with people and hear God’s Word preached.  It’s nice that we have the online option when we can’t attend, but it is not God’s design—we need the fellowship, accountability, and God’s family relationships that church provides!

 

My barbershop chorus just elected me as Membership Vice President for 2021.  That means I need to follow-up with any visitors that happen to come to rehearsals to see if they want to be members, and I need to work with current members to bring their thoughts on the chorus to the board.  And I have to attend a monthly board meeting, but those have been virtual lately.  I think it is a role that I can hopefully do well and contribute to the betterment of our chorus.

 

Krista has been working on painting and fixing up a guest bedroom at our house.  One warm day when I was in there helping, I stubbed my bare pinky toe on something, and thought, “Wow!  That hurt!”  But I kept going around the room.  Then I looked down and noticed my toe was listing to port.  It didn’t hurt much, and I could move it without pain, but I knew it wasn’t right.  This is when it’s really handy having a son-in-law who is an Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner.  I called Kevin, and he came over and popped it back into place.  It didn’t hurt when he did it, but it’s been three weeks now, and it still hurts a little, although it’s much better than it has been.  If you get grossed out by stuff like that, don’t look at this picture.  You’ve been warned.

 

It's not supposed to look like that, is it?!?!

Our big news this month is the engagement of our daughter, Abigail, to her boyfriend, Bernie Shaw.  They met at work at Highland Hospital where Abigail is an RN and Bernie is a PA (Physician’s Assistant).  Bernie took her to Letchworth Park to see a sunrise and proposed there.  They haven’t set a date yet, but are hoping sometime in the summer of 2021.

 

In sports, my son, Levi, played soccer again this year with a local Christian school’s team that allows homeschoolers to play.  They finished their season last week.  They won the championship in their bracket, and I was able to go to several of his games after our quarantine ended, so that was fun.  One game was near where Krista’s sister, Nanita, lives, and she and her daughter, Anna, came and watched with me.

 

Anna, Nanita, and I at Levi's game

I’m also very pleased with how my original hometown Seahawks and current hometown Bills are doing, although I’ll certainly have a dilemma when they play each other later this year and even more so if they happen to meet in the Super Bowl!  Let’s see…  the Seahawks are 1 – 2 in Super Bowls, and the Bills are 0 – 4.  Hmm…  Ah, I’ll worry about it when (if) it happens.

 

For the weather report, it’s getting colder.  We’ve had some frost already, and lots of chilly days and nights, but that’s to be expected in the fall, you know.  The leaves are changing and looking beautiful, and pretty soon I won’t have to mow anymore.  Instead I’ll have to shovel snow!

 

I guess that’s all for now, so we’ll talk in November!

 

Some of you may remember Grandma and Grandpa Wilson's (Dave and Onalee's) bird bath. You'll be happy to know it's still being used for bird pool parties.