Time to Say Goodbye

We enjoyed the rest of our Thanksgiving immensely.

But we knew that this was our last day together--our flight left very early the next morning.

And so we played with our new toys:

And loved on our Grandpa: 

And pretended to be an angry lion-in-a-box: 

And loved on Great-Grandma: 

And ate some pie, bear-style: 

And then we had to go home. 

And it was sad (and slightly traumatic), like it always is.

And Seth says he and Catherine are moving to Arizona, like he always does: 

Saying goodbye to Grandma

See you this summer (right?)! 

And so it was back to (FREEZING-FREAKING-COLD) Maryland for the Bloods.

But we got to spend some time with our "family" back here--the Oliveras: 

Emma, Seth & Catherine watching Winnie the Pooh

Marley, smiling despite the fact that Jon is creaming us all at Wizard: 

And now I think it's time to lure my parents here to Maryland to live.

They just built a lovely new Raytheon building here, Dad!