Thanksgiving was well, amazing!!
Of course, Thanksgiving isn't a holiday here in Amman, so we worked on Thursday. Thursday we started a new family tradition, and huddled around the computer to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. We enjoyed it.. well, except for when the giant goldfish balloon came on the screen. Charlee cried for about 10 minutes because she wanted goldfish! When we head home this summer we are taking nearly empty suitcases, that way we have room to bring important things back with us-- you know, like goldfish ;) I am devoting one whole suitcase to Costco!!
Anyhow, back to Thanksgiving. Our neighbor across the hall and colleague Christine, put together an amazing Thanksgiving dinner. I mean, amazing!! We got a menu ahead of time, so I was drooling for a week! Christine is an amazing host, and worked so hard to put together an amazing Thanksgiving. Thank you Christine!
My job was pumpkin pie, but since we couldn't find frozen pie crust, I didn't have a pie pan. Solution--mini pumpkin pies in a muffin pan! A fun little dessert that the girls and I enjoyed making together. Looking forward to next year!
Oh, and to finish off the night we put up a tree! Yay!! Bill found us a tree-- actually Christmas decorations here aren't too hard to find, much to our surprise. So in Nelson family tradition, we decorated the tree and watched National Lampoon's Christmas vacation <3 A great start to the holiday season.
Hope everyone had an amazing turkey day! We all have so much to be thankful for!!
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| appetizers |
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| (part of) the IAA family |
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| Just look at all the amazing food! |
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| our wonderful host |
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| Charlee and Carrie |
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| Hailee and Carrie |
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| Charlee and Sheena |
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| Natasha and Hailee |
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| Christmas tree time! |
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| So thankful for our cute little Charlie Brown tree <3 |
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