Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Our first Thanksgiving was the hardest one in England because it was our first major holiday away from home and family, but now it is one that I most look forward to here because we have started lots of new traditions. Again this year we had our lovely neighbors over for a big Thanksgiving feast and for the first time, I made a real turkey instead of cooking up loads of large chickens. It was a beautiful turkey but I forgot to get a picture of it before I cut it all up.

I tasked Emily again this year to scoop up the stuffing which she has become quite the pro at. She had been excited all week for this day and at school today she kept showing off to all of her friends that she got Thanksgiving dinner tonight.

New to our table this year was Sarah's son, Joe and his girlfriend, Rhiann, who have never had a Thanksgiving dinner and they were both super excited for a night of American cuisine.

The food was great. We had turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, cranberry jello salad, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole and homemade croissant rolls.

Simon also had great news that he surprised us all with along with a bottle of champagne which we had to drink out of plastic glasses since I don't yet have proper champagne flutes. But it was wonderful news and just wonderful company to have on a special day.

After dinner we broke out the Apples to Apples game because that seems to be quite a hit with our group now days. Joe and Rhianne were a hoot because it is quite an American focussed game and they had lots of questions about who people were and Rhianne just has a funny sense of humor that makes you guess the total opposite of what you think you should.

Thank you to Sarah and my kiddos for helping me put together this year's dinner!!!!