nana and 'ampa' j

this post was delayed due to technical difficulties,
so forgive me nana and grandpa.
alex's parents came in town three weeks ago, one week
before the texas trip.
they showered the kids and ourselves with love and attention
and gave me the ultimate household chore gift:
clean and folded laundry. ahhh.
we went to carter mountain apple orchard
for our annual apple-picking,
giving fall permission to arrive.
elsa put on a great apple picking dress
but proceeded to nap throughout the hoopla.
hutch just couldn't figure out why we
bothered taking apples off the trees when
there were so many perfect brown and rotting
apples on the ground to pick up. yummy.
thanks for the wonderful company, folks.
you've given us more great memories.