Turkey and some friends!

Happy Thanksgiving.....a week late!

I finally got some pictures from some of our friends who celebrated Thanksgiving on this side of the world with us so I can give you a great update.  A lot of friends and family ask how we celebrate while we are over here so I thought I would give everyone a glimpse into our Holiday festivities.

Wednesday night the girls got together to prepare some of our deserts and make preparations for the side dishes that would be made the next day.  I made an apple pie and pumpkin pie.....from scratch! Pie crust can be a pretty difficult thing to make but I had some great help from the other girls and they were done in no time at all! They turned out flakey and delicious.

We had quite a feast of mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, dressing, gravy, rolls, green bean casserole, corn casserole, deviled eggs, and of course turkey!  For dessert there were my pies of course plus chocolate pie, and wonderful pumpkin bars.  I am getting hungry again just thinking about the delicious food we ate that day...and the next.

We can easily get all the ingredients...for a pretty penny. What takes the cake here though is the turkey. I have never talked to a person here that has ever eaten a turkey before! Needless to say turkeys are rare to find and you have to plan pretty far in advance to reserve one at a specialty store or western hotel. We got our turkey for the low price of $117!  When I talked to my mom on the phone she said she got her turkey for free, and I am pretty sure ours was 1/2 the size!

After the big meal we watched Elf and Home Alone to get us in the Christmas Spirit. We played some games Mofia and Mexican Train (all the way from 12 down to 0).  It was quite late when we finally got home.

Since our mornings are your evenings we watched the A&M vs. t.u. game on Friday morning.  We stayed up late and had to get up a bit early to watch the game but I think it was well worth it. The best game of the season, even if we didn't win. I am proud of our Ags they put up a great fight! Plus we just ran out of time!

I hope your Thanksgiving Day was a wonderful one where ever you were. Now on to Christmas!