August 2022 Update

When we were at Barker Lighthouse camp with all of our extended family, we went over to the lighthouse in the Golden Hill campground, which is called Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse, because it is 30 miles east of the mouth of the Niagara River.  Anyway, that inspired Krista and I to try to visit each of the nine lighthouses on Lake Ontario that are in New York state.  We’ve been to a few of them already, but we want to go and “officially” document our visit to each one.

 

Our first step in accomplishing this was to go to the Oak Orchard Lighthouse in Kent, NY.  

In the lighthouse

Oak Orchard Lighthouse Selfie!

The big event this month was the birth of our lucky 13th grandchild, Truman Ezekiel Sommer, to my daughter, Ella, and her husband, Cody.  Truman joined his three sisters, Hazel, Ivy, and Josie on August 3, and weighed in at 9lb 2 oz.  They are all loving him, and we are too!  Krista and I got to visit in the hospital, and we’ve enjoyed holding him several times since then.

In the hospital with Truman

One of our favorite things to do in the summer is to be at the shore of Lake Ontario when the sun sets.  Krista, Jem, and I did so on Monday night this week, and then Krista and I went back again the next night after celebrating her birthday at a dinner out.

Lake Ontario Sunset

The beauty of our Father's Creation never stops amazing me

I’ll end with this:  Last night I made a fool of myself.  That in itself isn’t too unusual, but our church had a talent night, and so I did so in front of a rather large audience.  Some of you have seen my (what’s a good word to describe it?  Silly?  Weird?  Bizarre?) rendition of “Theme and Variations on Little Cabin.”  Well, I pulled that out of mothballs and did it again last night.  I had fun, and it seemed to be well received.

 

I guess that’s all for this month, so we’ll visit again in September.