The Phillips Family

In September Southwest had a great deal on airfare to Denver, and I shamelessly asked people to come visit me. Jessica was sweet enough to oblige and took a few days off her THREE jobs to come see us for 4 days. Unfortunately, when she arrived, I was feeling a bit under the weather (more on that later) and was an incredibly dull hostess. I’m still feeling so sorry about that, Jess! But she is nothing if not understanding, and we still got to do the thing we were wanting to do the most- talk, talk, talk. It had been maybe 5 years since I had seen her and it was wonderful to be able to catch up in the same time zone, not phone calls from the US to Germany or sending emails to her in Iraq.

We did at least manage to visit REI and Fancy Tiger, sort of staples when you visit us here. And we had one splendid day of cooking at Kristen’s house with Linda and Chris. Jessica and Kristen whipped up a German lunch for us: spaetzle, purple picked cabbage, and sausage. We spent the rest of the day practicing a Thanksgiving feast with roasted chicken, dressing, pumpkin pie, and carrot souffle. Jessica somehow still had energy to make a pecan pie for our dinner when we got home that night. Phew! Thanks for coming to see us, Jess!