We are down in North Carolina for Thanksgiving visiting our wonderful relatives with whom we used to spend every Thanksgiving and Labor Day weekend. Dear Uncle Gordie had called Gideon while he was in the hospital this summer and urged him to visit. So we decided to come for this week. I know I said that Gideon had signed on to a picture a week while his hair was re-growing, but his patience is pretty limited for this type of thing. So this isn’t a very good picture, as it’s kind of distorted, BUT YOU CAN SEE HAIR!!! He’s starting to look more like a Marine and less like a chemo patient. The braces will still be in place for a few more weeks. But it’s probably just as well that he kept them for this trip, as we’ve done a TON of walking plus getting in and out of the plane and also a very small rental car. Gideon’s back was bothering him a little bit, not from any cancer problems but just from doing much more activity than he’s used to.
People have been so kind! We had three get-togethers while in Virginia and DC, with our friends making great efforts to include unexpected guests in the outings. I’m writing this while digesting dinner. And what a dinner it was. Just in the sweet potato/squash department we had three entries. I made my dressing recipe and it was a great success, although the sausage I used was pretty spicy. Head on over to the entertaining section and see what the finished product looked like.
We have two more days here and then we’ll be back in DC for another wonderful Sunday morning service at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Unless something drastic happens, I probably won’t post during the trip.