Merry Christmas from the Rembolds!

May we all take the love of this 'piece'
to spread peace in our world this
coming year!

 

December 5, 2024

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS!

There is snow in the mountains and we are heading up to cut our tree tomorrow. The outside is lit up and Ginger is finishing up the inside of the house with an array of snowmen and 100+ nativity scenes! Christmas is coming!!

We went to Salem for Thanksgiving with Jed. It was a busy week with a Trans-

A summer project was installing
a retaining wall in the backyard!

Siberian Orchestra show, buying a new car, a family visit in West Linn, and an evening visit with Luke. Jed is very involved with

Thanksgiving get-together!

Willamette’s School of Digital Science teaching undergrad and grad courses along with serving on a number of committees. He is an associate clinical professor and enjoying it. His outlet remains volleyball, playing in two leagues plus helping occasionally with the college girl’s team. He was in Mexico to film the solar eclipse with a group from the college this spring. Home-ownership in north Salem is filling the rest of his time!

Luke and Kady at
Havasupai Falls

Luke and Kady are still in Albuquerque, NM. Kady is in her third year of teaching, Kindergarten this year. Luke’s Young Adult Volunteer program had to cease mostly due to reduced support from the national church. He still has a part-time youth director post with the Presbytery of Santa Fe. Meanwhile he is as busy as he wants giving tennis lessons and clinics at the local club. They have a great cadre of friends and make frequent trips to Seattle for

Luke, Kady, and Jack enjoy a Taiwan trail!

nephew fixes. They have our old tent trailer and have used it from the Grand Canyon area to the San Juan mountains. Jed joined them for the Havasupai Falls adventure in Arizona in June. Over Spring Break they traveled with a friend to Taiwan to visit our former exchange student, Jack! (Just in time to be in Taipei for the major earthquake that hit in March!)

A wonderful surprise visit!

Speaking of Jack, we enjoyed a surprise November visit from Jack here in Baker City! Jack was in the states for a couple month working on a condo fix in Denver and decided he needed to see Rick and Ginger before flying back to Taiwan! What a fun few days, albeit short! Our dog Spur thought Jack was a great playmate!

A final hiking venture prior to knee surgery -
we summit Quarry Peak in the Elkhorns

Our year took a twist when a nasty flu bug at the end of December put Rick’s heart in A-Flutter. So the knee replacement scheduled for early January was rescheduled for October! An ablation in April successfully fixed the flutter, so hiking and projects around the house filled the summer. The knee surgery went well and rehab
progresses. He should be discharged from PT the end of the year!

Celebrating Ginger's 70th at Wallowa Lake

Ginger continues her church work, teaches art classes, and lives in her garden spring, summer, and early fall. (Which results in plenty of time spent canning, drying, and freezing the fruits of her labors!) Plus the jigsaw puzzle table is in constant use! We only did one Habitat build this year up in Kalispell, but did make a quickie trip up in May to be present for a retirement party and dedication of the new CAV campground at the ReStore there.

We look forward to having everyone home for Christmas, with the fun, food, and games that entails. We thank God every day for the many blessings we enjoy including the never-ending sunrises and sunsets that fill our skies and mountains!

Best wishes for the holidays and the coming year to you and yours!

15844 High Country Lane                                         Ginger: 541-656-9622

Baker City, OR 97814                                                   Rick:  503-560-3269

elkhornrandg@gmail.com

One of the MANY photos Ginger takes on her early morning walks!