Sunday, November 27, 2011

Our 1st Thanksgiving in Germany

Thanksgiving~ a time for being thankful, enjoying family & friends, and eating delicious FOOD!!!


Marshal law requires that if you are going to call your blog a family blog, more than one member of the family must contribute.  In order to placate the powers that be I will allow Hailey and Grace to guest blog, on a trial basis, for our Thanksgiving entry.  Commence guest blogging:


On Saturday we celebrated our first Thanksgiving in Germany.  
We had our German friends over for their first Thanksgiving; it was really fun.  Hailey and Mom cooked all day we had turkey with stuffing inside of it, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, homemade rolls, and green bean casserole.   It was very delicious!  For dessert we had miniature pumpkin pies and pumpkin bread, that was also very delicious! My favorite part about our first thanksgiving in Germany was having our German friends over to celebrate Thanksgiving day with us. ~ Gracie ~


This Thanksgiving, which we spent in Germany, was great!  Mom and I spent all day cooking.   We came up with the idea to make miniature pumpkin pies.  We weren't sure that they would turn out right.  Here is a picture of us "figuring it out"...



And then the outcome....

DELICIOUS!!!


Did you know that they don't sell whole turkeys in German grocery stores?  Only the turkey legs.  That just wouldn't work for our American Thanksgiving Feast that we wanted to show to our German neighbors and friends.  We were thankful to be able to buy a 12 lb. turkey from the Patch commissary.   




Mom and I decided to make a stuffed turkey.  




Since we invited our German neighbors over for a Traditional American Thanksgiving dinner and I was assigned to use this dinner as a "home-ec" project, I decided that we needed to properly decorate. 



We had a blast and everyone enjoyed the food.  Sorry, no pictures after we destroyed the turkey.  
When our neighbors came over they informed us of some of the traditions that we had forgotten to include in the holiday; they had looked on the internet to see what were the typical traditions of the holiday.  Here is a picture of our awesome German neighbors and friends.  


And of course a picture of Ryley and me.

After dinner we watched "Mickey's Magical Christmas"


I really enjoyed spending time with friends and family, and also some quality time cooking with mom. Miss and love you guys! ~ Hailey ~


 Now that the guest blogging is over...
We really have a lot to be thankful for.  We are geographically separated from our family and friends in the US, but everyone has made an effort to communicate with us and we greatly appreciate it.  Here in Germany we have a handful of great friends, a beautiful home, and the opportunity to create unforgettable memories with our family.  God has provided for and protected us and we are thankful for all of the blessings in our life.  We hope you had a great Thanksgiving and that you know that we are thinking of you and praying for you.  Happy Thanksgiving!
~MP~


edited by B. Plotner

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