Rob has been here for a week and we've really enjoyed his being around. It's been a quiet visit, as Rob arrived with a cold and needed some recuperation time (but he's a really nice guy and didn't leave it with us). We've been out to choose our Christmas tree, we've played board games, and we had a lovely time as Deanne joined us for a few days. He left this afternoon (the really unfair photo at the right shows him at the checkin kiosk in Cedar Rapids) and we hope he's having a good flight home as I write. His freelancing seems to be going well and he's valued by the group he works with. He is taking home some homemade butter cookies from a family recipe and with instructions to share them with Trista when he gets home. He leaves a few traces like this toothpase tube that shows he inherited some of his father's cheapness!
