College Break

We have been having fun having Marianne and Scott's boys here on Thanksgiving break from U of Idaho. Lots of good guitar playing. Morgan brought his girlfiend Kaitlan to visit, she is a sophmore at the UofI, Piano major., and a very sweet Christian girl. Her long time friend Tiffany came over from Vancouver to visit today and we went to the Columbia river Gorge and hiked to a few waterfalls Morgan and Kaitlin pic above are going up to her parents near Spokane for Thanksgiving .

Mason is staying here with us through thanksgiving. We are going to Mark and Shari's to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Oh, by the way, we had a good time going to the play Anne of Green Gables last week. this was performed by the chrisitan Youth theater group. Josh worked back stage and Kaylie was one of the ladies of the missionary aid society. The all did a superb job. Kaylie sang and danced like a pro.

"Four eyes"-No More

The longer I live the more medical savvy I become. As Carol and I, and our friends, live beyond our allotted "three score and ten" we find the medical community performs wonders to keep us going, seeing and hearing. Our next door neighbor is just returning home
from open heart surgery, surviving a heart attack that would have meant death 20 years ago.
So we as seniors relate and commensurate with each other we learn about medical procedures secondhand. So much so that I could understand our grandson Tyson asking a couple of years ago, "Grandpa how come you and your friends seem to talk so much about medical stuff? Because we are survivors-that's why. :-)

Which brings me to the title above. After 60 some years of wearing eyeglasses of increasing strength and styles, I am typing this without glasses. I had my second cataract operation on my left eye yesterday and the lenses in my eyeglasses now are more of a hindurance than a help. Amazing. They are still the color hazel however, so my drivers license is still good. Or is it? It states on the back:
Restrictions: corrective eyeglasses!!

Post Election Fatigue

I may get shot for this. I found Carol this evening sleeping looking at the vote results in the paper. She really followed the election closely, but even more fervently prayed. Like McCain
she has election fatigue. She did not even know the flash went off when I took her picture.

Election Day

The Border Crossing Peace Arch

Having lived in both the US and Canada for many years we developed a perspective on how the rest of the world perceives the US. It is not always favorable. As a devoted American I have to also say it is not always fair.

But this election both Carol and I have realized how much we love our country even though we lived the last 20 years or so in Canada.
We have also realized how much our country is in need to return to the God we say we trust in. I think this election has caused many true believers to realize this more than we have for many years. That is one good result I can appreciate even before a winner is declared tonight .

We need to only remember but truly believe that:

It is He (the God of heaven) that removes kings and establishes kings-Dan 2:21

PS. Your mom is still proudly wearing her "Go Sarah" T-shirt Marla!