This Thanksgiving, I'm especially grateful that we have time for one last family gathering before we leave the country. That's right, we're leaving the country - AGAIN. I meant to announce on my blog earlier, but things just got kind of busy/stressful/crazy in the last month of planning. It didn't help that Slik was away for 10 days right before we got packed and loaded up. We are moving to Shanghai, China on another international assignment. We should be there 2-3 years, but you never know what will really happen.
I have mixed feelings about the move, but now that the hardest parts of moving are behind us, I'm starting to look forward to our new adventure. Unfortunately, we still have one big hurdle ahead - approximately 20 hours of travel with a 9-month-old. Yeah, let's not think about that now.
Now, we're just enjoying some down time with our family in Dallas before we fly out this coming Tuesday. Over the past couple of months, we've made our way around the US on our "farewell tour". I'm so glad we were able to do this before we leave. Now, we've got a couple days of rest before we make our big trek back to Asia. We are definitely going to miss our family and friends, but I'm sure we will make many more friends in the years to come. Life is such an adventure.
Since the weather is finally starting to feel like fall in TX, here are some pictures from our fall. We spent a few weeks in New Jersey during the peak of autumn and got to enjoy the fall foliage and squeeze in some apple picking. I'm not sure when I last got to experience a northeast fall - it's my favorite time of the year.
These are the woods behind my backyard
These are from Cora's first apple picking adventure
Oh, and how could I withhold this awesome pic? I call it "princess bee and her worker bees."
