Christmas 2018
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Greetings to our family and friends,
As we get closer to the day that we celebrate
our Savior’s birth we hope that you join us in the preparations for
this time and pause to consider its meaning for us all. We hope that
these greetings reach you in good health.
Our activities this year have again been varied and spent
enjoying visits with family and friends.
Life here at Timber Ridge is pleasant, at
times exhausting, very active, with much variety, and the food is
too good. We have made
new friends from varied backgrounds.
Carol and I sang in the Rusty Chords (yup) choir.
Last season, Carol accompanied Werner in a solo (Shenandoah)
and then this fall Carol played a Scott Joplin piece and accompanied
Werner on “Cheek to Cheek”, an old Fred Astaire piece, with the
Timbres, a resident Swing group.
From time to time, Werner convinces Carol to play a few
pieces in the Timber Ridge Lounge.
Werner continues to support the Washington State Referee
Committee’s website and Instruction program.
Werner has become the resident videographer
for various events. Many of the videos have been posted on the
FamilyHenn.com website under the Timber Ridge menu dropdown. He was
asked to video a series of lectures here at Timber Ridge on
Empowered Aging and as a result he was asked to join the committee
which he has really enjoyed.
For the second fall in a row he has run a local 5K. coming in
2nd and 3rd for his age group. Carol walked
with fellow Timber Ridgers both years. We make regular use of our
great fitness facilities.
We have enjoyed visits from family this past
year. Last Thanksgiving
(2017), Brian and family visited and enjoyed a tour of Seattle and
helped us put up the first artificial tree of our lives.
In February we enjoyed a visit from cousin George and his
wife, Li. In August, Carol’s sister, Mary and husband, Duane came
down for a visit from Alaska.
We then drove together to Carol’s hometown in Montana to
visit her brother David and family and attend the wedding of David’s
granddaughter, Kristen.
What a great occasion!
Our sons and families are all very
successful. Mark
received a major management promotion with Raytheon.
Zachary will be graduating this Spring from University of
Arizona. Lauren is a
sophomore playing soccer at Trinity International Univ. in Illinois,
and Aidan is a Junior in High School, playing golf and soccer.
Last Spring we traveled to Georgia, visited Charleston SC for
the first time. We then went to Marietta to celebrate Grant’s HS
graduation. Brian and
Werner took in an Atlanta United game. Grant is now in college.
Tyler is a Junior at Kennesaw State and Alyssa is a Senior in
High School, playing Lacrosse, and close to making a college
decision.
We continue to sing in the BelPres Sanctuary Chorus. Werner also
sings in the smaller chamber Ensemble. We got disappointing news,
but expected, that our choir director is retiring next summer.
I think we are still in the “grief” stage. We continue to
split season tickets to the Sounders FC soccer team with a friend of
ours. Although they
made a miraculous recovery into the playoffs, they lost to our
arch-rivals, the Portland Timbers, in the play-offs. Brian is a
charter subscriber to the Atlanta United team who won the MLS
Championship against, yes, the Portland Timbers.
😊
We are
relatively healthy, although Carol gave us a scare last December
when she contracted an infection in both ears and lost her hearing
for over two months. She has regained most of it, but experiences
problems in crowded situations.
We just
completed our BelPres Christmas musical presentation, “Light Dawns”,
at church last Sunday and should be viewable on
Vimeo.com/BelPresMusic (<- click here) by the time you get this
letter. We are now looking forward to having Carol’s cousin, Lois,
join us for Christmas Dinner here at Timber Ridge.
We wish you
all a Christmas of Joy as we celebrate Christ’s birth and a New Year
filled with Happiness and Blessings.