Merry Christmas 2022

Merry Christmas, 2022

    I am a little late getting our Christmas message out.  As always, we have had a busy year.  Our friends, Bill and Sally and Win and Sue were with us a lot through many adventures.  We named ourselves the Moscow 6-Pack.  We enjoyed a few trips with the Roadrunner Club in Moscow.  We finished last year by going on the Roadrunner bus to Lewiston with a stop at the amazing Kascha Quilts in Genesee, followed by a Christmas musical at the Lewiston Civic Theatre, dinner at the Red Lion, and a walk through Lewiston's Locomotive Park.

    New Year's Eve was spent at Colter's Creek Wine Tasting establishment in Moscow.  Another Roadrunner trip with the Moscow 6-Pack was to Fairchild AFB SkyFest in Spokane.

    We took the Moscow 6-Pack on a day trip in our small motorhome to St. Gertrude's historical museum with a stop at the Nez Perce National Historical Park and museum.

    Dennis' family ~ Of course, I spent a lot of time going to Cody's basketball games last winter and this season, and football games this fall.  Caily is attending WSU in Pullman; Cally is a nurse/manager in the Seattle area; and Casey and his family (Lindsay, Landon, and Kobe) are kept busy with their jobs and family life.  Dennis has branched out to own a rental condo in Pullman and has just now bought a piece of land to build a "spec" house on.

    Kenny's family ~ Kierra manages a fitness gym in the Seattle area and Phillip is in a supervisor position with Blue Origins owned by Jeff Bezos, Abby lives in Manila, studying psychology.  Kenny continues his work at Applebees.  Kierra, Phillip, Kenny, and Cally make the trip over at least three times a year and Dennis and I have managed a couple of trips to visit all of them over there.

    Tony and his brother talk on Skype once a month at least.  Jonathan in Spain has branched out to building metal animals.  Check out his facebook page for interesting pictures.  Neil and Becky continue to be in the London area.  We hope to make a trip to UK and Spain this spring.

    Our involvement with the Senior Center has continued.  Being Vice President seems to have more responsibilities than I ever imagined.  The Moscow 6-Pack tried our luck at the Coeur d'Alene Casino by riding the free bus to the casino.  Free meal and free play for a short time.

    Tony opted to get knee replacement in July.  That slowed us down quite a bit.  If anyone suggests getting a new knee at the age of 81, you might tell them it may not be worth it.  Tony wanted his old knee back!  However, now five months later he is doing very well with it after all.

    Brother Bill and Janet and Tony and I took a three week motorhome trip back to visit relatives in Wyoming, Nebraska, and South Dakota.  When in our hometown, we visited Dobby's Frontier Town and got to go in a replica of the candy store and hamburger shop we patronized as kids.  On the way, we stopped off at the Crook County Museum (most interesting thing in this museum was a dental chair that had to be peddled like a bicycle by the patron to keep the drill running), and the Sundance Kid statute (compliments of Roadside America).  Our biggest surprise was the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Wyoming.  They claim this is a Smithsonian-quality museum, and we all agree.  It was great.  Unfortunately, Queen Elizabeth died while we were without cell phone service in the building .  Texts were coming in from a lot of friends and relatives as soon as we came out of the museum.  What a sad thing to happen to Tony, our UK friends and relatives, and the whole world.

    Tony continues to be most comfortable at home and in his shop, as well as watching YouTube and working jigsaw puzzles.  I travelled to the Seattle area to visit all the relatives there and to go to a Johnny Mathis concert with Kenny.  What a treat that was.  Johnny Mathis looks old, but his voice remains the same!  The next week all the relatives came over for Thanksgiving at Dennis' and will return this week for Christmas.  Tony and I did travel with the Roadrunners for an overnight at the Coeur d'Alene after seeing the musical "Traditions of Christmas".  Dinner at the Coeur d'Alene and a boat ride to the "North Pole" to see Santa Claus certainly got us in the Christmas spirit.  We had an open house for all the senior center members so they could see our Christmas Room.  It may prove to be an annual event.

    We hope all our friends and relatives are geared up for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.