My Thanksgiving

That morning, I woke up to a smell that wasn't really pleasent...

The turkey in the oven caught on fire and that not just once but three times. Well, not exactly the turkey but the plastic bag around it that was supposed to be fire prove but apparetly it wasn't. Luckily it was still edible. We only had to get rid of the nasty plastic smell that made its way through the entire house. Most of it was gone before the family came. Judy's children and their families came as well as Judy's sister Sandra. Everyone brought something to eat.

At about 11.00 am we had everything ready for the brunch. We stood around the kitchen isle, took each others hands and said what we were thankful for. I really liked that part. After that everybody went around the isle and got some food. It was so nice talking to each other.

The food was really good. I made my guacamole for Thanksgiving but there was also food like baked sweet potato, sweet potato and red beets (baked together in the oven), a green salad, rolls and of course the turkey with its stuffing.

Right after we finished, we sat down in the living room and started playing a fun game called . We had so much fun.

Around 2:30 everybody left and went to other Thanksgivings that took place in other parts of the families. Kathy, Jacquie, Judy and me played board games until Bill got me and drove with his family to Heidi's mother to celebrate Thanksgiving there.

I was so happy especially when we played "Mensch-aergere-dich-nicht!", one of my most favorite games ever. Heid's mother is German. That dinner was fantastic; I even got something vegan to eat.