September 2025 Update

I mentioned last month that Krista and I met with her sister, Conny, and Conny’s husband, Brian, for lunch.  As planned, we did another lunch with them and added her other sister who lives nearby, Nanita, and Nanita’s husband, Ray.  We had another excellent time with all of them, and we’re going to try to do this again soon.  Nanita sent me this wonderful sisters picture.

Conny, Krista, Nanita

 

Krista and I met with an estate planning attorney recently.  We’ve been spiritually ready to die for decades by faith in the grace of Jesus paying for our sin on the cross, but now we’re also materially ready.  With the attorney’s help, we’ve setup our wills, power of attorney, health care proxies, and protected our assets if we ever need long term care.  It’s a bit of a costly process, but it is well worth it for the peace of mind we have knowing these things are done, and our children will hopefully have less to worry about when we go to eternity.  Our last step is what Krista’s been calling “death cleaning,” where we go through all the junk we’ve accumulated over 65+ years and get rid of things we’ve been holding onto for no good reason.

 

My daughter, Abigail, and her family bought a new house, and we all helped them move on August 30.  They were living in a decent area of Rochester, but now they are in a much more country area with a lot more room.  It’s a beautiful house and lot with acres to explore!

 

Then they were so happy to be there, that they hosted our local families for Labor Day.  As usual, we had tons of excellent food and a fantastic time exploring their new home and “back 40.”

 

The last thing I’ll mention is that my grandson, Alex (Hannah and Kevin’s son), started playing football with our local kids’ team.  We got to go to his first home game on September 7, and he did great.  He was playing center on the offense and linebacker on the defense, and we heard that he’s now playing running back sometimes.  We’re planning to go to his game this Sunday too, so maybe we’ll get to see that.

 

That’s all for now, I guess.  See you in October!