I know that I'm a little late with this post. But better late than never. We had a fun holiday weekend. Ron's sister Rhonda and her family were able to come visit us from Ohio! I had never met her sweet baby James and she had not met little miss Ada yet. So we were super excited that they were able to spend a few days with us.
Thanksgiving day was a little different. Ron was on back up call at the hospital for any transplant that might happen. We had plans to go to Greensboro to spend the day with cousin Erick and his family. We thought it would be okay since he was on back up call and the fact that transplants almost always seem to happen in the evening or night hours. But luck was not on our side this Thanksgiving day. Around 10am Ron's attending called to let him know they had 3 transplant to do that day. Ron asked when he thought they would go and he said probably around 2pm. So we packed the car with the food we were taking, loaded up me and the girls and Rhonda's family, and headed for Erick's house without Ron. As we were pulling out of the driveway Evie said "Mom wait, where's Dad?" I had to explain to her that he had to go to work and wasn't going to be able to come with us. This is such a normal response to her where is Dad questions these days that she said "Okay, we'll see him later." To wrap up this little story, I got a call from Ron around 2:30pm saying that one of the set of lungs weren't good so they were trying to figure out what to do with the other set because 2 of the people just needed a single transplant and the 3rd lady needed a double. If they gave it to the lady he would be done and able to come spend a little time with us in Greensboro. Well that decision took about 4 hours to decide. About 6pm, after Ron had literally spent the entire day at home by himself they decided to do the single transplants and he needed to come in. This was at the same time that we were packing up our stuff to head home. So he missed Thanksgiving with us and we missed the day with him! I guess there is always next year.
This is video of what Evie and Bryant did the rest of the day after Thanksgiving dinner! Evie had such a blast!
Even though we missed Ron while we were in Greensboro, we did have a great time with the Allen gang. We ate a great meal with loved ones and spent several hours playing outside and enjoying being with one another. Thanks Allen's for a great Thanksgiving Day, we all really had a wonderful time!
The rest of the weekend was spent doing a little shopping and simply hanging out. One of the highlights was James and Ada learning to do the touchdown sign during the Husker football game. This made James' Daddy a little disappointed since he is a huge Buckeye's fan. James just couldn't suppress the Husker inside of him however! Thanks Lewis family for driving to spend the holiday weekend with us. It was wonderful to see you and spend time with you all. We love you and can't wait to see you again!
This is video of Ada and James doing their newly learned touchdown sign!
