Final hours with Archer. :**(

Had them over for a casual dinner w/ a pretty good spread.

They spent SO much time together these months of lockdown…

Some of our fun neighbors also swung by to say farewell.

Griffie, gonna miss ya, too. All the best wishes in SAC and we’ll plan to meet on the slopes in Tahoe. :)

E seemed okay as we waved goodbye to them and saw them leave our street for the last time… And THEN, came home and he just burst into tears for a very, very, very LONG time. He was fine when we left TX and even had friends that he knew for a longer period of time. No tears. Guess these emotions become more real as we grow… Sigh, the joys and pains of life. We just let him cry. As Mommy always says, tears sometimes are needed to cleanse the soul.

And then we offered hugs… Sooner or later, we all learn that living is a series of hellos and goodbyes. C’est la vie.

On a totally unrelated and more light-hearted note, Daddy found another place in SD with Hainan chicken rice via the Singaporean online group he recently joined…

Annnnnd summer road trip #1, here we come!