Thanksgiving

This will be brief because I'm so full that I need to go lay down...

We had a great afternoon. The spread included turkey, little sausages, cornbread dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top, peas, Elizabeth's green bean casserole, Sarah's salad with creamy dressing, Elizabeth's pumpkin pies and my pecan pies plus ice cream sundaes for the children. We managed to get all fourteen people around our new table and I'm thinking that if we do a children's table next year we could easily accomodate twenty or more.

It was a new experience having three Americans in the house. We talked a lot about growing up in the South and I got out my senior yearbook and we laughed over the hairstyles and fashions. Eric and I compared notes on living in Austin and going to UT, the classes we took, where we lived, where we went for pancakes at 3am. After everyone left Jason and I tidied up then I made some Kraft Mac & Cheese for the children to round off our American day and we all stuffed ourselves with leftovers. Now I'm going to joyfully slip into a turkey induced coma while planning my menu for next year. Definitely more cornbread dressing next time.