We had a great Thanksgiving—hope you all did too. Family, friends, food—you just can’t beat that. It was cold—WE didn’t make it to any beach, but so GLAD for those who did!! Hope there will be pictures to view soon. I’ll try to get mine posted in the near future.

Jeanie and I enjoyed the Thanksgiving Feast like this…the turkey comes out, eat as much as you want while no one is watching. And the dinner rolls are no good unless they are steaming hot, dripping with butter—eat two or three while they’re at their best. By now, the appetite is waning—try the stuffing OR for me, have some scalloped oysters. A cup of coffee fits in nicely also. If there are any sweets sitting around, have a bite or two. Take your time getting the rest of the meal ready—no hurry at this point. Give yourself time to be ready to eat a decent helping with everyone else.

At some point before the natives are too restless, get the stuff on the counter and call everyone around to enjoy. It’s great food, safe for everyone to partake. Afterall, we made the supreme sacrifice by trying it all out when it was steaming hot.

After the feast, a rousing football game between Denver and Dallas gave us a boost. You could immediately tell who the intelligent ones are as we began cheering for our favorite—the great Broncos. Krystyne was brave and actually cheered a bit for the Cowboys when it looked like they might have a chance against our team. But, Denver came through like we knew they would, well we were pretty sure they would!! Anyway, it was a great finish and we could hold our heads high once again.

The icing on the cake had to have been when the doorbell rang and in popped a twin! I felt pretty proud of myself when I recognized him as Jonny! Of course, Kristin wasn’t there, so I had a good hint as to which one it was—I think I actually knew though without that hint.

It was great seeing him. He made my day when he included Denver in one of the two teams he wasn’t so sure about against those BEARS this year. I can’t remember if Denver has ever beaten the Bears, but this would be a nice season for it to happen! He and I did agree that it was just unforgivable of Ditkas to have denied the greatest—my all time favorite player, Walter Payton—-a touchdown in that great super bowl game. Whatever happened to the Fridge anyway????

Thanks, Jonny, for bringing more joy to our already incredible day. The girls and I, Donna, Doris, all of Jeanie’s family and Jonny—-what a group and what a special Thanksgiving!

We’re on our way back to Colorado. Always a bitter-sweet experience. Nice to be in our own setting again, but SO hard to say goodbye to that Iowa/Illinois bunch.

God Bless you all. We love you and appreciate you!