American Thanksgiving

On Thursday, November 22nd, we headed across the border to celebrate US Thanksgiving with Donna and Terry and assorted family and friends.  This was our third Thanksgiving with them - they had also kindly included us in 2009 and 2010!

Some photos from before the feast...

Table settings

Team effort

Our lovely hosts with their granddaughter Etta

Kelly stirring the gravy

Thanksgiving dinner...

Scrumptious buffet

Eating for three

Customary whole-table photo

Decorating cookies the next day (Black Friday)...

Donna and Etta

Want some batter?

The 4-day weekend went by in a lovely blur of great company, delicious food, shopping trips, singalongs, pregnancy discussions, and lots of relaxation/ reading time.  On Friday the guys did some firewood chopping and then went clay pigeon shooting at a nearby range, and that evening Angharad arrived to join in the festivities for the rest of the weekend.  On Friday night, Kelly and Janae prepared a delicious seafood chowder for dinner, and on Saturday night Ben and I had our turn and made potato-leek-coconut-lime soup.

Some Sunday photos...

Janae, Etta and Kelly

Me (31 weeks) and Janae (35 weeks)

We headed back to Vancouver on Sunday afternoon, via Trader Joe's and Wee Ones Re-Runs in Bellingham.  The latter is a fantastic kids' op shop/ thrift store... I think we've found a new place to add to our Bellingham to-do list every time we cross the border!

THANKS, Donna and Terry, for another wonderful Thanksgiving!