Well, the weekend before Thanksgiving we spent at Brad's folks' in Altoon, IA. I had some sort of weird shoulder injury from carrying Atticus around too much. I ended up in the emergency room -- received a shot of morphine and then was on vicadon for two days. I was so thankful for Brad and Nancy caring so ably for Atticus and giving me time to recover. A few days after returning to Minneapolis we left for Potosi, WI. The next day we drove to northern Illinois for the Ackland Thanksgiving. As a kid, when all of the oldest generation was still with us, we would meet in homes, rotating from year to year. There was easily 50-60 people who crowded into homes. In recent years, the dinner has moved to a church fellowship hall and the attendance has been sketchy as families work to co-ordinate in-laws and the holiday-sharing. This year was a fairly large turn out. We were able to see my sister for the afternoon -- she was unable to drive back to my parents' following due to her work schedule. Aaron and Lindsey could not make it due to the arrival of their daughter Lilly (look for her in following posts) just prior, and my closest cousin, Lisa, was with her in-laws in New Jersey (but she and her family made a special trip out to Dubuque to be with us for a day!!! -- see previous non-sequential post). The visit was good -- as usual, I was only able to talk with a handful of people and not nearly as long as I would have wished. This was the first meeting between Brad and many of my cousins. He did well and made me proud.
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