Merry Christmas!
I hope this greeting finds all of you very well!
2009 found us content. We traveled a bit more this year. We toured Berlin Germany for 13 days or so, spent a very hot October week in the Baja Peninsula near Cabo San Lucas and just got back from a 5 day trip to New York City in November.
Berlin was laid back. Rodger and Beth joined us for this trip. We saw everything we wanted to see, had no regrets. We enjoyed the cuisine and got toured around the city with relative ease. We enjoyed a variety of Museums, art and history. There was very little WWII sites still around, black and white photos were as close as we got.
We took a relaxing beach vacation in October. We found a very very inexpensive beach apartment in a small town on the Baja Peninsula. The weather was hot and humid. If it was hotter or more humid, I would have been an unhappy beach camper. Luke enjoyed the endless sun and he was rewarded with a very nice tan, that sadly has faded quite a bit. Luke also sampled the Mexican beer with vigor. We were lucky that we had a cooler to keep our drinks cold while we walked the 50 feet to the shore. We wouldn't have wanted to walk 50 feet back to the house to get another cool drink or anything.
We took a spur of the moment trip to New York City. I had a few days of vacation that made a long weekend. We decided to take that advantage to it's fullest. We went to sightsee, see a few shows on Broadway and sampled the NYC cuisine. We didn't hit any fancy restaurants. Luke is not so into fancy food now, he likes the plentiful local comfort foods. We ate at the famous Carnegie Deli (near Carnegie Hall) and Katz's Deli. Luke had some very large, meaty pastrami sandwiches. He even surprised the waitress with just how much he could put away. We didn't follow an itinerary this trip, just did what we wanted, when we wanted. We still started out early and stayed out late. It was a relief to be able to not have to worry about a language barrier.
We also had some good news on Sept 23 (Luke's Birthday)- that we are going to have an addition to our family......No, we are not going to get another dog! We are going to have a baby! Our prayers and your prayers made the difference. Thank you for those. The estimated due date is May 22, 2010. Luke and I are quite excited as you can imagine. Both Mother and baby are tolerating each other quite well for the time being. I am excited to be excused from snow-blowing this year. The dog and I will watch him work from the front window. We'll be cozy and warm with cocoa in my hands, while Luke huffs and puffs and hurls the snow. Poor Luke.
We had a very cozy Thanksgiving at the John Tveiten's in Caledonia. We did double duty for the holiday and had Christmas as well. The turkey dinner didn't do us in, it was the turkey dinner, the pie and all the Christmas cookies that went along with the spread. We had the holiday early because John will be deployed to Afghanistan. He leaves the first weekend in Dec. He anticipates that he will be away from home for at least a year. He could use your prayers and letters. He should have access to email. You can email me and I'll send you his address. lj_fenton@yahoo.com
Blessed Christmas Greetings to you this year!
Lisa and Luke Fenton
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