May 2024 Update

I only have a couple of things to tell you about this month.  The first is a weekend Krista and I had in mid-April.  The kids had given us an Airbnb gift certificate, and we cashed it in for a weekend in Bath, NY.  Now, that probably doesn’t sound too exciting to you, but we coordinated it with a dinner concert at the Family Life Headquarters in Bath.  The performers were Ernie Haase and Signature Sound.  If you don’t know them, they’re an energetic southern gospel quartet that we have liked for many years.  You can find several videos of their songs on YouTube if you want to check them out.  We had a wonderful secluded cabin for our Airbnb, and besides the concert, we took a few hikes and just enjoyed time together.

Sitting on the porch at the cabin

View from the porch

 

Overlooking Bath from the Mossy Bank Park

Hiking part of the Finger Lakes trail

Ernie Haase and Signature Sound

This only other thing I think is worthy of talking about is that I have been a bachelor of sorts this week.  Krista and Jem went with Hannah and her kids to visit Jolita (Krista’s sister) and her family in Kansas.  They got to see Dick (Krista’s brother) while they were there too as an added bonus.  Hannah’s husband, Kevin, is currently in Zambia (Africa) on a medical mission from our church, so they thought this would be a good time for this Kansas trip.

 

Zach has been living at Hannah’s house this week to take care of their new dog.  And Levi just started in the academy as a deputy candidate at the Monroe County Sheriff’s department.  He’s hoping to get a job as a guard in the Monroe County Jail.  So it’s been a quiet week at home for me.  Except that my chorus has a show this Saturday, and we’ve been having extra practices this week in preparation for that, so I’ve been gone several evenings besides my usual work schedule.  I invited myself over to Ella’s on Mothers’ Day, so that was fun to celebrate her with them since the mother of my children was away.

 

The house is still standing, and the pets are all still alive, so I guess I’ve done OK by myself.  We did have to recruit Ella and Levi’s girlfriend, Kayla, to help with our dog, Zuzu, a few days this week when I was gone all day, and we appreciate their help!

 

June’s update will talk about my chorus’s show, my surgery on June 7 (prayers appreciated!), and Memorial Day, so there’s your tease for next month.