Back to the grind, for a while anyway

We bid a tearful good bye to Grandma Sandy, Papa Ray, and the great grandparents yesterday afternoon. It was such a great visit.

Then, with a long list of things to get back to, I postponed my normal life a morning longer and spent the first part of today out with my friend Lil and her kids (She's got a bunch of cute pictures of our morning on her blog). We went to the Fall Festival at Pond Hill Farms, one of my favorite places on the planet. Laundry, house cleaning, and email took a back seat to hay rides, tire swings, and pumpkin patches. I lavishly love the Fall.



The afternoon was spent listening to General Conference and sewing drawstring pouches for all the kids' puzzle boards.

Finally this evening I got down to business and with Cori's help we got everything unpacked and put away.

I've got posts in the works. My dad comes for a few days next week, so I must reserve the right to take another, albeit a much shorter, internet sabbatical. But that won't be until Thursday.

Nice to be back!