Every year, I take my kids to the Ardenwood Farm in Newark, CA to pick our pumpkins and to mark the beginning of the holiday season. This year, we went during the Harvest Festival and we handpicked Indian corn and popcorn with Troy’s class in addition to our usual pumpkin patch visit.  Parents and kids picked as many ears off stalks as they possibly can.  We put most of our corn in the corncrib for the farm to use and we took a few  popcorns with us to cook.

We all had a great time.  As I was taking snapshots of the kids, the families, it made me really happy.  This is what life is about for me:  family, children and being together.  Everything else is secondary.  I’m grateful.