Well, it is Saturday evening and our Thanksgiving Day has just ended. It was truly a wonderful and blessed day in Australia! I was worried Thanksgiving would be a bit sad this year, but my friend from America and I decided we wanted to try and celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia, even though they don't celebrate it. So, since we didn't have Thursday off of work because it is not a holiday...we celebrated today, Saturday!
The day started out crazy for me...I was a bit behind because I met with our Bishop last night, more on that bit of information on another blog entry! :) Anyway, my house was a mess, our lawn wasn't mowed and I had done NO COOKING PREPARATION. Thanks to mom, I cooked the yams, broccoli and cauliflower with cheese sauce, stuffing (they don't have stove top stuffing, it is more like bread crumbs but still tastes the same), and turkey...just kidding. They don't have many turkeys in Australia...I guess they are protected here. Anyway, I made two chickens instead! But, dinner turned out wonderful! Constance and her family brought the mashed potatoes and gravy, relish tray, drinks and homemade pumpkin pie and chocolate pie. Mom, her pumpkin pie tasted just like yours...it was great!
Anyway, we all had a wonderful day. We opened dinner with a prayer, ate and ate and ate...played the game PIT...then we all sat and watched the movie Elf to prepare for Christmas. It really was very special. And, for an added bonus, two of my neighbor girls, Gopi and Reni, joined us for the movie!! :) Our friends just left around 9 p.m. and we finished cleaning up.
I just want to thank Heavenly Father for blessing our family. Instead of this being a hard and difficult holiday, it was a blessing. We grew closer as friends and truly enjoyed our first Thanksgiving in Australia. I will forever miss not celebrating Thanksgiving with mom and dad, but this was the next best thing!
Below are some pictures from today. You know me, I must document with pictures! So, I hope you all enjoy! We love and miss you all VERY MUCH!
Love,
Kristi and the Pace Clan
2 comments:
What a great post. I really feel like I was there. I imagine it will be a thanksgiving that will be hard to forget. Those chickens look incredible. Wish we could have been there. We miss you guys. Love, Kimjim and Ellie.
We are so excited that your holiday was memorable one- celebrated with friends!! It looks like a lot of fun. We had a nice time ourselves- everybody brought a dish or two and it was delicious.We had Tom and Annie and the girls, Kim Jim and Ellie, Jessi Boyd and his sister, Kara- so it was a goo crowd. On to Christmas...then the wedding...Wow, tis the season! Love Mom
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