The weekend before Thanksgiving, Luke and Patty came down to visit. On Saturday we met them at Clyde’s the Lodge, a very cool Clyde’s Restaurant that has been redone to look like a Vermont Lodge. I neat conversation place that is a little out of place in Washington DC. After brunch we went out to Great Falls National Park. We walked along the C&O Canal and out to the waterfalls for some great photos. It was a beautiful fall day. On the way out there I showed them the entrances to the abandoned gold mines. And Kevin taught us about the cell tower rules in National Parks, that they have to be built to blend in with the habitat, so it is a tall brown tower with metal pine limbs attached at the top, if you don’t look close you might mistake it for an evergreen tree. After the hike through the park, Kevin and Luke went to the book store and then back for their siesta’s while Mom and I went to the beloved Container Store! That evening we took them to Sushi Go-Round, a sushi restaurant where the food travels on a conveyor belt around the bar in front of you while you pick the pieces you’d like to have. Mom got Chicken Teriyaki. Although, I think she enjoyed the few pieces we convinced her to try! Dad enjoyed the seaweed salad and sushi selections.
This past week we traveled back to Danville for Thanksgiving with our families. We left late Wednesday night in hopes of avoiding the dreaded holiday traffic… it worked! We had a delightful Thanksgiving with Paul, Jill, Karl, Grandma, Aunt Ann, Grammy and Natalie around noon. After visits with everyone we headed up to my house for round two. Kevin, Julie, Kyle and Keyan join us to celebrate with Luke and Patty. Mom fixed the traditional fixings along with Tootsie’s hot bacon salad dressing (?name?). Later that evening Jack and Yvonne came over to visit and Kevin and I went to Kevin’s Uncle Phil and Marilyn’s house for wine and dessert. I had met them briefly before so it was nice to get to meet and greet a bit more. On the way home we stopped at my beloved Dunkin Donuts for a small town fix and visit with Autumn.
Friday, someone in my family had the great idea of going shopping!!!! So, Kevin, Julie, Mom, myself and the two boys went to Muncy shopping, that pretty much cured me of my Black Friday shopping needs! Later, I went to Exclusively Yours, a dress shop in Bloomsburg, with my mother-in-law to be, her personal shopper-Natalie, and Aunt Ann to look for dresses for them. Both Jill and Ann had success! They will both look amazing in the what I am fearful will be tons of photos!
That evening, Kevin and I assisted Jill in making an apple crisp for Patty’s Birthday (It isn’t until December 3rd), which I decided to celebrate this weekend while Kevin & Julie and their family would be there as well as Kevin and I. Additionally, I invited Jack and Yvonne over as well. We had a little scheduling conflict getting the time down, since it was a surprise my families’ traditional non-planing tendencies made planning difficult. But alas Friday evening we celebrated with friends and family, apple crisp and many balloons furnished by Aunt Kelsey and Soon-to-Be Uncle Kevin!
Saturday and Sunday were more of the same, Kevin and I both attempting to get work done. While I tried not to die from allergies. On the way out of town we stopped at The Cherry Alley Cafe in Lewisburg to do some work, A very chill coffeehouse with a good working environment. Then it was home to watch Ocean’s 13 and get back into the groove of work and school.