Thanksgiving, UAE Style

It was a different kind of Thanksgiving for us, being so far away from our families, but an enjoyable one nonetheless.  We have so much to be thankful for, this year especially.  This opportunity that we've been given to live with our children in another country is just priceless.  We are so blessed to have made our own 'family' here with new friends and still have our family and friends in the U.S.  We really do have the best of both worlds!

Now for the food: poor Mark had to go all over town to 4 different grocery stores to find the ingredients we needed  for our Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie.  But he found it all and cooked us a delicious Thanksgiving meal that we ate when we got home from school (no Thanksgiving holiday here.)

Good job, Mark!

Ready to dig in!

The next day we had another huge feast with our friends and neighbors in our building.  We put tables and chairs in the hallway and had a great time eating and chatting!  The kids loved it because there were 20 or so kids for them to play with when we finished eating!

Look at all that food!

The kids had a great time!

And so did we!

Now we just have one more week of school and we are off for three weeks!  We can't wait to do some travelling in the area and see the sights.  It will be interesting to see what Christmas holds for us this year...hope Santa can find us all the way in the UAE!

We hope you and your family are enjoying this holiday season as much as we are!