A Happy Father's Day

Yesterday we went out to "The Land," also know as "White Turtle Ranch," also known as Moses's dad's place, for Father's Day. We brought out lunch and fresh peach pie from the farmer's market and had a great afternoon eating and visiting. A little while ago, Moses's dad had picked up some wooden cars that he thought Garion might like. Garion was a of course ecstatic to get presents when it wasn't even his birthday and even more ecstatic at the promise of painting those cars if he brought them back out to The Land. So, Sunday afternoon found grandpa and grandson completely engrossed the project of painting four little wooden cars--they each painted two. This was the kind of afternoon that makes me grateful once again that we got the chance to move here and be closer to our families. I'm so glad that Garion's getting the opportunity to know his grandparents better and even if he doesn't remember painting cars with his grandpa in a few years, I will. And every time I see those cars I will think about their two heads bent over a table of cars and paint in very serious discussion about the merits of polk-a-dots and stripes and whether wheels deserve paint too.