Friday, December 2, 2011

Thanksgiving in England...

Thanksgiving over here was a bit odd at first because I had to wake up and actually go to school! This was the first and only time I will ever go to a class on Thanksgiving... it was not worth it.  Once I got home from class it definitely started to feel like the holiday again.  The house smelled like turkey, the Macy's Day Parade was on TV and the Nevin's family had arrived so it felt like we were with family.  We had so much fun with the four kids.  We all hung out for a few hours playing and watching the parade.  Around 5:30 we walked down to the town center where there was a big Christmas tree that was lit.  Christmas carols were sung and then we headed back up to the house to start eating out great big meal.  We went around the table and said what we were thankful for and we were all in conclusion that we were all so thankful that we had each other to celebrate this holiday with.  It was nice to have each other because everyone was missing home.
 Mary Ella and I watching the Parade

After dinner Tracy found the wish bone for the kids. Solomon's wish will be coming true!




 Dessert was the part that I was the most excited about! Peter and I threatened many times throughout the night to eat all the pumpkin pie by ourselves... Tracy and I also made rice krispie pumpkins which were a huge hit.  We died the marshmallows orange rolled them in balls and then put a mini Rolo on top to be the stem.  Tracy made some green icing to make green leaves.  They were awesome!
Mason, Mary, Zeke, Tim, Solomon, Tracy, Kristin, Peter, Erin, and Ella... I love this family picture :)

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