Celebrating with Mr. Fred

This past Thursday, we hosted a dinner to celebrate the birthday of our special friend and neighbor, Mr. Fred Witteveen.  Mr. Fred is an amazing man: a decorated World War II veteran, a cancer survivor, and a dedicated and active volunteer at our school.  Our community would not be the same without him!

Mr. Fred's wife passed away several years ago, and since he lives right across the street from us, we were asked to visit him each evening to make sure that he is feeling well and that he had a good day.  These visits have blessed us so much.  Mr. Fred has incredible stories and such a kind personality!  We wanted to do something special for his birthday!

For dinner, we had ham, mashed potatoes, rolls, salad, and fruit; for dessert, he had requested "chocolate cake with chocolate frosting"!  I have had lots of trouble baking cakes out here since we are at a high altitude.  However, for this cake I found a detailed high altitude chocolate cake recipe and it turned out well!

Some of Mr. Fred's good friends from church, Pete and Dot Goudzwaard, came to dinner along with my brother Tim.  We had a fun evening together and I hope that it reminded Mr. Fred how special he is to all of us!