Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Trebumkotte Thanksgiving

Spending holidays away from family and the traditions that have been a part of your life since before you can remember is one of the things that makes living abroad hard. You do what you can to recreate the meal and you spend the day with the friend that have become your surrogate family, but it's still not the same.  Fun, and the best you can muster, but there's a part of you that misses family just a bit more than usual. 

That said, we had an enjoyable time with two other families (plus two singles) from ASA this past Thursday.  We started off with nap time for the girls while we finished up the food and waited for the others to arrive.  Waiting for the others outlasted nap time, so the girls were in full-fledged play mode when it was time to get our grub on.


The table was filled with delicious food: turkey, gravy, twice-baked mashed potatoes, squash casserole, green bean casserole, green salad, dressing and rolls.  YUM!!!


Once we ate, we all ignored "Mom"'s advice to wait 30 minutes before swimming; it was hot and the pool felt amazing.  This is the part of the day where Brandon snuck away from the group and grabbed himself a tryptophan-induced nap.  


The girls took a swim break to munch on some popsicles, while the rest of us held out for apple pie and blueberry dump cake.


As the evening came to a close, the wind picked up a bit and temperature dropped just enough that Bailey wanted out of the pool.  So it was time for some turkey coloring in the coloring books Bobbie put together for the girls for just such an occasion.


Boston was under the weather; cold + fever = no fun.  This was about as festive as she got on turkey day.  Oh well, she'll have plenty more, filled with family and friends and the "right" foods on the North American continent.   {SMILE}


By the way: Trevino + Bumgarner + Waterkotte = Trebumkotte; and I'm going to miss those guys. I don't know what we'd do without them.

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