Thanksgiving

Our time spent in northern California over the week of Thanksgiving good but difficult for me. It probably was easier to spend our time there after the letdown of our failed adoption than it would have been at home, but it was still difficult as my emotions were still raw. While it was relatively easy to stay busy and distracted at least, my heart was not really into the various activities and celebrations, and my mind remained troubled over our failed situation and on how to move forward.

We spent a lot of time with Nate's siblings in the area and their families. Austin had time to play with his cousins at a park almost every day we were there, which he loved! We also visited the Hatchery and the Folsom Zoo with Austin's cousins. The afternoon we went to the zoo was the only day I remembered to bring the camera or bothered to take any pictures. Austin especially loved the train ride on the little train we let him ride just outside of the zoo.

The Folsom Zoo acts as a rescue center for animals as well as a zoo. It is small, but Austin seemed to have fun there.

I wish I had taken more pictures of Austin with his cousins, but I wasn't really into taking lots of pictures, so we only ended up with a few.

Thanksgiving morning we had a big family breakfast since a couple families couldn't be there for dinner. We had egg casseroles, hot chocolate, orange julius, and waffles with lots of different topping options. Later that evening we had a traditional turkey dinner as well, along with pie. The missionaries at with us too. Between meals we cleaned up, prepared dinner, and took the kids to the park to play.

We headed back to Utah first thing Friday morning.