Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a bit of a hard day for me. Three years ago we all got together for Thanksgiving at my parents’ house in Houston. It was the last time the 6 of us were together as a family. I took a ton of family photos during that trip and I cherish each and every one of them now. We attempted to have a family Thanksgiving the year Joe died and it was just too hard. We decided that we would go to wherever Tim’s basketball team was playing a tournament. Last year, they were at home so we all flew to San Diego. We spent Thanksgiving at the San Diego Zoo and ate at Denny’s. It worked out pretty well. This year, Tim’s team was playing out of town and only for one day, so it didn’t make sense to head out to California for one day. Rich and I few down to Denver last week and spent 4 days in the Colorado Springs and Denver area. Tim’s team was in the area playing the Air Force Academy and then Denver University. We were able to watch Tim do his thing with his team and even got a few hours here and there to spend some time with him. We have so many friends who have retired in that area and we were able to get together with several of them, which was wonderful.

Lily flew up to Montana from Kansas City late on Tuesday night. She’ll be here until Monday morning. We went to our neighbor’s house today for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small but wonderful gathering and the Lions even won, although they tried their best to lose in the last few minutes of the game (old habits die hard).

I did meet with the Mayo Clinic sarcoma team this week. They agreed that I continue to be stable. The biggest news is that I may not be able to continue to do the telemedicine meetings via zoom anymore. They are tightening up the regulations on telemedicine starting January 2025. My Mayo doctor has to have a license to practice in Montana and he does not. Therefore, I will have to travel to Rochester, MN every 6 months for my appointments. Not incredibly convenient, but it is do-able. I had a treatment last week and here is my photo from that day:

Here are a couple of photos from today. One of Lily and then one of her “meat flowers” she made at our neighbor’s house today to make a charcuterie board look festive.

Here are some photos from our time in Colorado. So photos of Tim doing his thing and some hikes we went on in Colorado Springs and Denver and in-between. Both games went into overtime, so they were great games, but Tim’s team didn’t pull out the W on either game. That makes 3 out of 4 live games we have seen going into overtime. We’ll be seeing them play another game on the road in January.

Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have had a wonderful time with family and friends. Take the photos….play the games….eat the pie.