Pumpkin Picking!

this past Tuesday brought what was perhaps Santiago's favorite day EVER! a trip to Gilcrease Orchard.

the weather could not have been more gorgeous. it was serious fall perfection! we wandered around the Orchard for hours, his little face lit up and he squealed with delight upon being surrounded by the bright orange pumpkins. he wasted no time running around to explore them. we went through the hay maze no less than 10 times, posed for pictures with the scarecrows and went on a hayride around the Orchard!

on our way out, i treated myself to delicious apple cider donuts. it was a really delightful day, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen Santiago have as much fun as he did!

 happy pumpkin-picking, friends!

Well, we are now back in Las Vegas!

Hooray!

We landed late last night and immediately I started to feel . . .

what is that????? . . . . . Grandchild theft-related guilt?

These days there are all manner of technologies designed to keep us close together

in a world that is increasingly keeping us far apart. Unlimited cell phone minutes,

emails and text messages, Skype, Google Chat and FaceTime . . .

but sometimes that all just isn’t good enough.

Some days I long for my in-laws to live near us. I have always been, and will always be

one heck of a homebody. Weirdly, even though I am in my late twenties, and I have a

family of my own now, that home for my which my body still longs seems to be the

home of my dear old mom and dad and my in-laws cozy home.

And aren’t I getting a little too old for this already?

How old is too old to feel homesick? 90? 92?

Oh, good.

Santiago with grandpa Juvenal

We had to surgically remove the two from each other.