Thanksgiving 2011.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Or as we say here in Peru, "Feliz Dia de Acción de Gracia!" Now, obviously, Thanksgiving is an American holiday, but our teammates were amazing and celebrated with us! We had a very international Thanksgiving where America, England, Peru and Canada were all represented! It was very exciting and a special way to spend Thanksgiving...and of course, I took a ton of pics!

The preparations started on Wednesday. My friend, Nancy {who is also a missionary from Texas} and I made a REAL Homemade pumpkin pie! They don't have canned pumpkin pie filling here in Peru, but I just happened to have the perfect size pumpkin sitting on my coffee table!

I made my first homemade crust! If you ever need to roll out dough and don't have a roller, just grab the nearest hairspray bottle and cover in saran wrap!

I found this braided crust idea on Pinterest! I thought it added SO much to the pie!

We got a huge Turkey, and I prepped it on Wednesday. Imagine my surprise when I stuck my hand inside and found the head and feet. GROSS! 

Our Thanksgiving morning preparations!

On the calendar at Mark and Anna's house!

Shaun and Ronald carving the turkey!

Yum!

Joel and Daniel made several decorations,

A Thanksgiving boat as the centerpiece!

I made everyone a sheet, and we all wrote things we were thankful for about each of our teammates. I wasn't sure if anyone was interested, but EVERYONE participated and it worked SO well! I felt so encouraged by my page! I think we will use this idea in the future!

Daniel wanted his in English as well :)

Love these boys!

Then it was time for the amazing feast! Our entire meal consisted of: Turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn casserole, sweet potatoes, stuffing, corn on the cob and bread! For dessert: Pumpkin pie, apple crisp, custard and ice cream! 

Loving the meal!

We also took turns going around the table and giving thanks. Very special :)

Finishing touches on the pumpkin pie!

SO pretty!

And SO delicious! We were really proud of ourselves!

Joel approves!

The giving thanks continued after lunch.

I love this picture. The sun came in just right when and illuminated the marker colors. Glowing words of thanks :)

I was SO encouraged by how full everyone's pages were! We have an amazing team and there is so much love for each other!

Angela helping Zoe write her thanks.

My Thanksgiving hair :) Thanks to Pinterest, of course!

Happy Thanksgiving from Peru!