Grace Day

It is Sunday, the day of rest. Oh boy did we rest. We eventually left for lunch at our favorite (and only decent) restaurant in town The Scenic View. It sits atop of a hill and offers a lovely view of your wife and child, oh and of the lake too. With the best food in town, we stuffed ourselves. Headed home, and rest some more. People really never appreciate relaxation. Relaxing with family is so much more... relaxing, than doing it alone. So it was wonderful. And what a better way to spend a evening than with family made MEATBALLS!!! When dinner time came, all I asked for was grace and peace with my family for following week. And a damn spoon. With organic beef, love, and maybe a little bit of cat hair, the final product just melted in your mouth. Little did we know a day later, our beef came partly from Uruguay. Who knew? Thanks Europeans, for a day of appreciated fun. Next time though, I think we will stick to something more local. What times is it? POPCORN and Movie time!!!!!! Who's making the popcorn???

Pumpkins

Today we did something we were unable to do last year, go to a pumpkin patch. The local pumpkin patch was closed last year due to the building of a new highway by the farm. This year they re-opened and we were able to go. We walked throughout the vines and picked out 7 smaller, unique pumpkins. It's more about the time we spend as a family and the ability to pick out our own pumpkins. Lucian picked most of them out, of course. I think he picked very well. There were other kids there by the time we walked back to the barn from the patch. He played with them for a bit, rode on the toys, and checked out the petting zoo. One of the guys from the farm tried to get Lucian to sit on a donkey, but he wasn't interested. Then we bought some apple cider and the boys took a ride on the hay ride. It started to rain during their ride, so I got a good laugh out of it. Overall, a successful time. Then we came home, relaxed, and the boys made a veggie pot pie for dinner. Now we are just waiting to dig in. Great way to spend a Sunday.

Away From Home

Lucian has officially spent his first week away from Mama and Daddy and Hao. Thanks to Nana and Papa for giving him a break from us. He seemed to have a really great time. We missed the heck out of him back home. Hao thought something was wrong. It did give us an opportunity to work on one of his birthday presents, which was nice. Of course, we forgot to put it away the day he was coming home and he found it early.

I enjoyed hearing about their adventures. Going to the beach, playing in the leaves, seeing family, carving pumpkins... I wasn't sure he was going to come home. It was a nice surprise after a long day of work to see my baby boy. I got a well deserved hug. I'm glad he was able to spend time with his grandparents, get to know them better, and play with someone other than us. I know he enjoyed the attention. He told me he had fun. Now to plan his birthday.