We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year, spent with our family away from family. It was our 3rd Thanksgiving in the Middle East and we have so much to be thankful for. On the actual Day of Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov 24, we had homemade cinnamon rolls and coffee with our friends, while the Macy's Day Parade from 2010 played in the background. The kids enjoyed making crafts and playing together. Then On Friday November 25, we celebrated with a Traditional Thanksgiving Meal with our family on this side of the world.
Enjoy some of the neat crafts that gave an extra special feel to our Thanksgiving this year:
We made Thankful Turkeys as individual families
The kids made Pilgrims/Indians out of toilet paper rolls and construction paper.. correction, the Moms made the craft while the kids chose the paper color! haha! It was funny after about the 1st 5 mins when we lost the kid's attention span to toys and found ourselves (us Moms) doing the craft!!!
Micah made this turkey with finger paint and his fingerprints
Then we made edible turkeys using homemade popcorn balls as the body and a variety of yummy treats for the feathers, face and feet... You don't see Micah's turkey in this picture because he ate each feather as we strung the food on the tooth picks and then before I could help him start over, he had already taken a huge chunk out of the popcorn ball!
Hey, someone should really feed this kid!!!
Randall's favorite part of Thanksgiving is Pecan Pie. And the "problem" is that Liz doesn't like pies and so she never makes them and always counts on someone else to make "THE PECAN PIE" for the Big Thanksgiving Day for Randall... Well this year, I (Liz) decided to try and make THE Pecan Pie ...First of all, I signed myself to bring pecan pie to the meal with 20 other people (so I was committed!!!), then I researched pie crust recipes... found one, tried it out, made a spinach quiche to taste it.. tasted good! So I made the official pie crust for The Pecan Pie and then found a recipe for Pecan Pie... However, for all you Bakers out there reading this, I found a recipe that did not include Karo Syrup (corn syrup)... thought I'd try it out.. why not? I don't like pies, never made one before, so nothing to compare it to... RIGHT?
WRONG! When I took the pie out of the oven, the look on my surprised Husband's face was not very encouraging for me, who was trying to meet her husband's Thanksgiving "needs"...
A little scared, anxious and somewhat stressed out... awaiting the moment of truth... meal had settled enough.. time for dessert... I watched as Randall dished his pecan pie (The one thing he had been waiting for since last year's Thanksgiving) onto his plate...He took a bite and...
Smirked over at me!!! He said "This is pretty good"
HALLELUJAH! Music to my ears!!!
Then in the car on the way home, I asked him what he really thought and he said (and I quote) "I thought it was really good.. I might even like it better then the traditional pecan pie with Karo syrup"...As the title of this blog reads... so much to be thankful for!
Just a few shots of our family, celebrating Thanksgiving together
We hope you too had a blessed day, remembering all we have to be thankful for!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
