My First Thanksgiving

So I can successfully say that I have experienced Thanksgiving and thoroughly enjoyed it. I mean who wouldn’t – food, family and Shopping!

So the day started bright and early making sure that all the food was cooked and the tables were set. Family started arriving and we sat down to eat lunch which was a feast fit for a king! With the traditional turkey and stuffing and so much more I was impressed with my will-power to only have one helping (OK there really was only room for one helping and I had to make sure there was room for pudding!)

During lunch we went around the table and shared what we are thankful for. It really is good to thin about it and reflect on the people and things in life that mean so much to us and the opportunities we have been given. I am so thankful for the opportunity to come to a new country to live and experience all the cultures and traditions. I am so thankful for my family back home and everything they have done for me during my life. I am also thankful for my new family here in America, for taking care of me and making me feel so welcome and loved.

After playing some board games with the family we went to bed as full as ticks, ready for another full day tomorrow.

So apparently another thanksgiving tradition is shopping – I’m not sure of the history or reason behind it but I’m not complaining or gonna ask questions. Black Friday is the day after thanksgiving and consists of shopping, shopping and more shopping. We were up at 4 am to head to the stores where absolutely everything was on sale! I was in heaven!!! We shopped for a magnificent couple of hours then went off for lunch to stuff ourselves further.

Headed home unable to move and we watched the traditional iron bowl football (of course there had to be some football and yes Alabama won) and crashed into bed shortly after.

All in all I had a great thanksgiving and can’t wait until next year!