We awoke early Sunday morning to get ready for the day. The plan was to go to church in New Caanan, CT - an area where Brett served his mission 19 years earlier. The church was about a half hour from the hotel so we needed to be ready so we could have breakfast and then have time to make it to the church building before the 9am meeting.
Connecticut is such a beautiful state. I keep telling Brett that we live on the wrong side of the country. It is so green there and the trees are lush and beautiful. The only problem is that the price tag of living in such a beautiful area is 10k a month in rent.
There were only a couple of families that Brett recognized the names of. It was fun to sit and watch as he tried remembering who was there when he lived there. We realized that even if he did remember names, the faces would be much different. Young mothers would now be empty nesters as their children are now grown. Everyone there was so kind. I was amazed at how many people introduced themselves to our family and welcomed us to the ward. We live in such a different place. I am guilty myself of not talking with anyone..ever.
After church we drove around the beautiful town of New Caanan. We found Brett's first home, and then recreated a few other pictures he had taken when he was there.
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| The home Brett lived in while in New Caanan |
Later in the evening we took the kids to the beach to walk around in the sand and put our feet in the water a bit. The kids loved seeing all of the different shells and putting our feet in the sand. We let them choose a couple of shells to bring home, but otherwise just enjoyed spending time as a family.
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