As I have learned to lovingly call it, the Arctic North (i.e. Sacramento) was home for Thanksgiving. Actually, the below picture is of Los Gatos, on our way back. It was a beautiful night to stop and have Pizza My Heart and Dolce Spazio (a local gelato shop). Still chilly, we parked a couple blocks away and bundled up for our short walk to dinner and dessert. The town was lit up for Christmas and it was quite romantic.
While in the arctic, we saw many adorable kids that I am proud to say I am now related to! The below are my sister-in-law and cousin-in-law's kids. Luke (left) is my nephew and to be honest, I have no idea what that makes Nola (right) in relation to me. Does anyone know? Is she my second cousin or my cousin once removed? Who knows!
There the two are again only this time they are joined by the other cute little ones in the family. Rockwell (bottom right) is Nola's brother and Micah is my other sister-in-law's child. Pretty much the cutest kids EVER!
It was our first time meeting Micah and we couldn't stop holding him. He is SO cute! Also, he is a very well behaved child. Mostly, he slept and made cute noises (all the time).
And of course, there was turkey! That is Josh's dad by the barbeque, making it delicious in every way!
Here I am holding Micah. (I told you I couldn't resist!) Isn't he just the best?!
One of the more wonderful things about the Arctic north is that they actually have trees. Yes, T-R-E-E-S. They DO exist! I, for one, LOVE them! In fact, I would go so far as to say that I DESPERATELY miss them. (You can tell how passionate I am by all the capital letters!)
Here is cute Luke again with his dad, Tom on the swing in the park. This park was an attempt to get some of the wiggles out before sitting inside all day to eat food on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, some kids had gone ice blocking down the grass (and the slide) so it was super muddy! We ended up at a different park.
All in all, it was a very fun trip, reminding us of all of the amazing people we have surrounding us for family. We are truly blessed!
5 comments:
We could have been driving in the same Sacramento traffic over Thanksgiving! We were up there too (and I just blogged about it today as well! : )
(How did Lewis get along without you??)
We had a great time with you two, and were very glad to have the afternoon with you, outside of the quarantine zone.
Alyssa had been very excited for Micah to meet you two (and vice versa, which is more accurate, since dude slept the whole time).
Jon
Now we have a great plot for a movie...
Lewis is very cute - I am looking forward to meeting her. Looks like you had a great Thanksgiving in the Artic??? north.
I should have waived as I drove south to Pleasanton for Thanksgiving and I know why you call this the Arctic north... I'm cold.
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