Merry Christmas from the Lews!

Merry Christmas!   Hope you’re all well.  Here’s a look back at 2015.

 

Marty

• Completed four years of service on the Board of Directors at First Covenant Church (FCC) in Oakland, CA. 
• Purchased a new commuter car (six speed manual transmission).
• Leading a great team of vocalists and instrumentalists in worship
• Enjoying my new kitchen appliance (Sous vide machine).
• Listening to podcasts on my work commute. Favorites this year include Serial, Daily Hope with Rick Warren, and Spilled Milk.

Doris

• Spending way too much time driving kids to school, soccer, etc.
• Still fighting kidney disease. Lots of trips to LabCorp, UCSF and Wellbound dialysis center.  Hoping to finally get transplant in 2016.
• Writing Hello Kidney! blog
• Managing church photo directory project
• Singing and teaching first graders at FCC Kids Church

Tay

• Thriving in his sophomore year at Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC)
• Got driving learner’s permit.
• Still a prolific reader. Finding a new passion for writing fiction and poetry. 
• Enjoying the high school community at First Covenant Church.
• Summer Day Camp counselor including overnight camp week in South San Franciso, CA.
• Attended CHIC (Covenant High Schoolers in Christ), a week long conference in Knoxville, TN, with church youth group.

Kyle

• 8th grader at East Bay Innovation Academy (EBIA). Amazing teachers.
• Soccer, soccer, soccer. Still training even through winter.
• New passion for ultimate frisbee.
• Playing bass drum with EBIA’s Drumline. Fun at Stanford/Notre Dame pre-game, and more appearances in Spring ’16 (Stanford v. Cal basketball halftime show)
• Attending and helping lead weekly middle school group at FCC.

Family

• Vacationed at Mammoth Lakes, CA, with Buster and Coco in tow. Great hiking and swimming at Rainbow Falls. Fascinated by ghost town at Bodie, CA.
• Skiing in Tahoe.
• Raised support as “The Lew Crew” for the San Francisco Kidney Walk.