24 November 2011

Happy Thanksgiving from London














Happy Thanksgiving to everyone back in the States. We celebrated Thanksgiving here in London last Sunday because we need to be out of our flats by Friday and Saturday so the latter part of this week we need to be packing and cleaning. We celebrated at my flat. Everyone made a dish and we ate well. The 13 students, Katie's mom who arrived that day, and myself took part. Jonathan Kennedy and Tony James and their wives Alise and Anne were unable to attend this year. Sarah made all the decorations. Enjoy the photos.















Turkey centerpiece made from an apple.





















placecards with names on them





















Appetizers: Chris made homemade salsa, guacomole, homemade chips. Kalinn barb-b-que meatballs. Sam and Maggie did devilled eggs. Also had cheese and crackers

























Some of us ate in the living room(the kids table) and the rest ate in the dining room.

























Andrew making mashed potatoes Texas-style!













I made turkey and homemade stuffing(chestnuts, dried apricots, chorizio sausage, bread, onions, celery, and chicken stock). Brendan made sweet potatoes with butter, brown sugar, and rum, Mary made green beans, I did parsnips, Andrew the mashed potatoes, Aaron fruit salad, Phil homemade cream puffs, Sarah candied carrots, Katie and I made Greek salad, plus much more!!!! Sam and Maggie made pies! We were stuffed and had plenty left over to get us through this final week.





















































































If you remember the Canterbury blog, you will remember this picture of the place where it was decided to send the Mayflower over to the American Colonies...another British connection to Thanksgiving!














The group in Canterbury



























THAT'S ALL FOLKS! ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!





























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