Christmas 2012, a bit late

Just to be complete, I thought I would publish this. It will give you the update of the year. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS, for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21 Christmas 2012 Dear friends and family, Another year passed and somebody didn't keep that resolution to just keep up the letter throughout the year so it was easy to just decorate and print. So, here it is, December, and Jenny will just keep the tradition of doing it during Advent. Maybe Christmas, too. The year flew by, as so many seemed to have of late. Dan has struggled with his diabetes since he was put on some pills to help his pancreas work better. Good for the digestion, but that means more sugar is absorbed. He has insulin again, to his great disappointment. We'll see what effect that has when he goes back to the doctor in January. He's trying to be good about riding the stationary bike to keep his metabolism up, which Jenny is proud of him for. He continues to read voraciously and enjoy Chiefs football, even in the bad years (like now). Jenny stays busy with work at the Veteran's Home in Quincy. She learned the patient's perspective once again (like a kidney stone and pelvic surgery weren't enough experience). Her advice is do not catch pneumonia. It was over a month of trying to get over it completely. Doctors these days are more conservative about antibiotics, which can be to her disadvantage after a 2 weeks of suffering, but finally someone said she was sick. One round of Augmentin and nebulizers. After nearly 40 days, there seems to be an end in site. Yeah for Levaquin afer the next 2 weeks! And codeine. Sleep and breathing are not taken for granted anymore at our home. God bless all the asthmatics and insomniacs of the world with air and sleep. Vacation was low key this year. We had a great time with friends over dinner the week before Memorial Day, then another vacation in October where we had just 1 get together. But, we got to 'do' Silver Dollar City for the Harvest Festival, finding some great gifts for Jenny's high school auction.There are so many talented crafters that gather there and it's facinating to see their work and watch them work, in some cases. We also enjoyed seeing The Shepherd of the Hills show. The weather was beautiful and the show had some ad lib quality to it that showed the true talent at one point when someone threw off the actor and he couldn't remember his lines. It created a fun memory! We only saw that and Yakov, but got some videos to remember him as well since he won't be there for the full season anymore. And the unprofessional phone camera pics were taken, of course. Our church has been a great place to be. We finally setted on one in Dallas City, just north of us about 16 miles. They have been a source of encouragement and we feel like we really fit in. We have a new pastor from the Peoria area who officially starts Jan 1 (but he's been preaching already), which everybody is really excited about. He's got a sense of humor, loves youth (one of Jenny's interests at heart), and sticks with the Word. We've found not all pastor's have done that at some church's, so we don't take it for granted. We hope your year has been blessed and full of wonderful memories. And that 2013 holds even more.