Addi's Favorite Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you are all have a fantastic day in the states!



Thanksgiving is officially Addi's favorite holiday! A holiday that revolves around food! She ate, drank, and was merry! In fact she's still in her turkey coma; slumbering away as I type.


This picture reminds me of the nursery rhyme:
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good
She was very very good
But when she was bad
She was horrid!

Addi's piggy tails for Thanksgiving dinner. We all wore white ribbons (the tattoo on her arm) in honor of abused women in Australia.

Here are all the kids at the Thanksgiving celebration! We celebrated at Matt's boss's house. We had a traditional turkey dinner (with ham too). The food was so delicious!

The kid's table!

Addi enjoying her favorite holiday! She ate SO much HAM! She would run away, play a little bit, then come back for more!

Addi (mouth full) and mommy!

Some of the adults...Nick (who works in Matt's building) His wife, John (Matt's boss), Margret (the wife of the other guy who works in Matt's office; the one I have had prayer requests typed on here for) An update on that: They have confirmed that it is cancer so prayers are still very appreciated. Right now they are in the process of deciding if they will stay in Australia or head back to the states for treatment.

Jaime (Margret's husband, Matt's co-worker), Fran (Matt's boss's wife) and Nick again

It was so much fun to gather with other Americans and celebrate Thanksgiving. There is so much to be thankful for.

I found out something interesting. The grocery stores do not carry turkeys here. You must go to a butcher and even then, they typically only carry them for special holidays such as Christmas. Fran had a tough time finding a turkey for our celebration.

It is fun to improvise and use different products than you are used to, however, it can also be frustrating at times.

My "squash" pie turned out VERY delicious! Matt's boss dubbed me the official pie maker of the group :)

I started this morning off with a lovely call to home just as the turkey was being set on the table at my mom and dad's house. It was so great to hear the voices of people who are so important to me.

Today we are off to the beach to enjoy a weekend get away at the ocean. We rented a cabin and we are SO excited! I'll be missing from the blog world for a couple of days. I'll be back with gorgeous pictures of our adventure!

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL you TURKEYS out there!

Enjoy today!