Following our trip to Vegas and Phoenix, we arrived back in Texas on Sunday Dec 10 in time for Keith to have his second toe surgery on Monday the 11th. The surgery was as seamless as the first, and the pain was mostly zero for the two weeks "of toes in the air." There were a few to-dos that we caught up on, and Shawna was able to do a girls trip to Des Moines while Keith was in recovery. Peter came over for lunch once day and had pizza with Keith and his parents. Shawna did more of the cooking, and we used most of the 24th to pack for the east coast trip.
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| Keith second surgery |
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| Peter came over for lunch |
Christmas Day was a bit quiet as it was just us with Keith's parents. The four of us saw Boys in the Boat around lunchtime, and Margaret and Peter both came over mid-afternoon to chat. Dinner was just the four of us having lamb chops.
Boxing Day was the "official Christmas" for us. Keith had his 2-week post-op that morning, with the whole family arriving just after 11am. Of course the first priority was opening the pressies for the kids which is always fun. Graham participated as well virtually via video! Christmas lunch was a traditional turkey, with crab legs for Margaret. Lily and Boone stayed the night at the house on the 26th.
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| Dodds Xmas in TX |
On the morning of the 27th, we got up at 5:30am to get ready to leave on our epic 5-month east coast road trip.
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| Saying farewell for our roadtrip |
But, the first stop was Moreauville, which we got to at 3:30 in the afternoon with Shawna driving most of the way while Keith sat in the back with his feet propped up. A bottle of red wine for dinner, with gumbo for the 3 of us that Shawna had left frozen from our trip a few weeks earlier. We then opened presents, which for us included new sleeping bags for our retirement adventures. Then it was to bed early again, as we had a 7am start to get to the first leg of the trip: a beach house in the Redneck Riviera with the RDU gang!
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| Christmas with Honey in LA |
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