August visit to California
I took my best pictures and videos and turned them into a movie. Enjoy!
Ellen & Agnes
Today I took my mother for a road trip. We drove to Hanover — it was a lovely day for a drive — and had lunch with her sister, Ellen. Ellen is 91, two years older than Mom; they are the surviving children of Sam & Barbara (Jantzi) Roth. [Yes, I am named after my two Grandmas – Barbara and Annie (Steinmann) Gingerich.]
It was a very nice visit. But it did tire Mom out (and me, too)!
I took a moment to drop in on my good friend Marjorie Snyder (visit her blog at The Adventures of Granpa and Grandma Snyder) as I was just a block from her home. She and her granddaughters had been baking. Thanks for the chocolate chip cookies, girls!
Mastering presentations
This year I am helping to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for First Mennonite Church’s Christmas Eve service. As I have very little experience working with PowerPoint I decided to play with Keynote (Mac’s version) on the weekend. This is my experiment (43 seconds long, no sound):
