Today was our first time hosting Thanksgiving. I made everything but the Turkey! Our friends James and Marlith came over and they made an amazing turkey. My contributions were my "famous" (per jose) mashed potatoes, stuffing made from scratch, candied yams, and a dessert I decided not to serve because the chocolate pudding never got thick enough (but I made whipped cream for the first time! go me!) Jose's Grandparents are visiting from America right now so they were here too. We were too busy eating and enjoying our time together to take too many pictures but I did take a few of the food, haha. Now you know what's really important to me ;)
I was really having a difficult time preparing because nothing is the same here. I was worried I wouldn't have everything the way I wanted it. I "missed out" on some things like pumpkin pie because I just couldn't find the things I needed to make them. But in the end everything was perfect. We had a great time and the food was amazing *if I do say so myself*
A fellow first year missionary mentioned that they were starting their own family traditions since they are away from home and some traditions are impossible to continue. I liked that idea and we decided to start our own. One of them is we are going to do holiday crafts. Logan and I love crafting and timothy likes tearing up paper so it's a start. We even got daddy in on the action. :)
We made handprint turkeys as name plates. They didn't really get used since our food kind of took up the whole table. But, everyone loved them and took theirs home and it was fun to make them.
So here's to Holidays, Family, Friends, Food, and Traditions. I hope your Thanksgiving was everything you hoped for. Happy Thanksgiving and now we can really say it! Merry Christmas!
happy thanksgiving! looks like ya'll had fun!
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