October Visit

We just returned from Eastern Washington (Pasco) to visit with Abby, Jeremy, and Lorena. Of course Lorena is the little star of the show.  She is small but she is strong!  You look at her and think she's just a little peanut (she doesn't weigh more than about 20 lbs. and she's short for her age) but she's solid and strong and so healthy. Her hair is a beautiful chocolate brown and her eyes are deep brown.  She always has a tan that I totally envy.  

We planned to go to the pumpkin patch.  Did you know that it now costs anywhere from $6-9 to get into the pumpkin patch, plus the cost of the pumpkins, by the pound?  I was shocked.  What happened to the days when you went to the pumkin patch, picked out your pumkin, paid for it and took it home?  Maybe a hay ride would be thrown in (even for a few dollars)?  We decided to forego the pumpkin patch this year.  I'm not sure Lorena would have gotten much out of it.  But, we had a beautiful ride around Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland) as we looked for a reasonably priced pumpkin patch.

We enjoyed dinner at Sterlings (a delicious restaurant in Kennewick).  We read stories which she loves. We went to sacrament meeting on Sunday morning.  Lorena is so good in church. Abby and Jeremy are doing a great job teaching her about how to behave in sacrament meeting.  In fact, they are just great parents. She adores her Daddy and she adores her Mommy.  They are so busy and they have made her needs the priority in their lives (as good parents do).  I'm so proud of their family and their focus on the important things.

We took Great Grandma with us this time.  She had never been to Pasco since Abby and Jeremy had moved there because Dad was too sick to travel for so long.  We had lots of fun.  The drive over the mountains was beautiful.  The air is crisp and cool in the mornings and evenings and pleasantly warm in the day time.  The leaves are changing, the signs of fall are everywhere.  I was a little concerned about how Mom would do but she was fine.  She and Lorena love each other and have so much fun! She loves Uncle John and when she saw him she just giggled.  She loves to play the tickle monster game!

Playing Tickle Monster!