Part 2 of our Thanksgiving celebration was just as much fun as Part 1! We spent the morning finishing up decorating our turkey cookies, had some play time around the apartment (as you can see Eli and Hud got into Kevin's t-shirt drawer and helped themselves, making their game of baseball much more realistic!), and then went to our friend's house in the afternoon. We ate an early dinner there with about 15 other adults and 10 kids. We did get to eat the highly-prized turkey, along with a ton of side dishes. I have to be honest, the food was fantastic, but still all a little bit different from what we are used to! (For example, I made a pumpkin pie earlier this week. It was really good, but made with fresh pumpkin that I steamed and then pureed rather than pumpkin out of a can. And it used sweetened condensed milk rather than evaporated m
ilk, which is next to impossible to find here. Oh, and I'm not sure my homemade pie crust would win any prizes over Pillsbury's. And there is no Cool Whip, so while the heavy whipping cream is nice, again, it's just not quite the same. So you
get the idea!) Besides a great feast we had a neat time with the adults going around the room and sharing things we are thankful to have seen Him do in our lives over the past year. Lots to share for everyone at the table!The family who hosted us has four kids, ages 9 to 14, and they are incredible with younger ones! They were so sweet to share their toys and take care of the little kids who were there, that it was a real treat to our kids to spend time with them. Not to mention the fact that they had a house full of toys and a trampoline outside! We told the kids on the way over there that they had a dog, and their response was, "A real one?"! We definitely see quite a few dogs in our apartment complex, but we tell the kids never to touch them and they haven't actually spent time with anyone else who owns one here. We are really thankful this holiday for His provision of friends that we can celebrate His goodness in our lives with! And we hope that each of you reading this too has had a wonderful time celebrating as well!!
