Friday, November 24, 2006

happy thanksgiving

We had some friends over yesterday to celebrate Thanksgiving here in Japan. Thanks to imported ingredients that Nicole and Mike brought us a couple weeks ago, we had mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls, sweet potatoes, chicken, and no-bake pumpkin pie. Our first time hosting a Thanksgiving meal and it was here in Japan! With no oven! Of course almost all of the foods were out of cans and boxes... :) But it was great. Jesse even downloaded a couple of last week's football games to watch as we ate and played games. Although of course we missed being with our families, it felt very nice and family-like.
Going in a left-ward circle starting in front: Donna (teacher), Romanda and Meaghan (teachers and friends of Tessa's), Tessa (teacher), Fukiko (Matt's friend), Shogo (he teaches Japanese at the high school where Jesse used to teach English once a week), Jessica (teacher), 1/2 of Reika's head :) (one of our school managers), Manami (a school manager), and Matt (teacher). There were a couple more that are hiding.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How fun! Glad you guys got to celebrate and share the holiday with the people around you!

Anonymous said...

ok, since stacey got the sentimental bit out of the way...where do you download entire football games???

Anonymous said...

I just finished writing about our dinner then I decided to check out your page and found you had done the same- WITH A PICTURE! I had my camera in my purse, but like always, I forgot to bring it out. buh-buh.