We had such a good Thanksgiving this year!
In true pilgrim style we celebrated it with Indians.. haha.
Indians that have blessed us tremendously and have allowed us not just to survive but thrive in our new home.
It was their first time to experience Thanksgiving so we went all out.
The appetizer/dessert table. I made pumpkin pie and pecan pie.
After we ate, I also made chai (tea) and we have chai/pie time.
Everyone loved the pies!
The table- I was really proud of how cute it looked. :)
I made shirts for the kids with their names and turkeys on them.
I just used the printing paper that you can iron on to shirts.
So easy and so so cute!
Punkaj and Charu
We have spent HOURS learning Hindi with these dear friends and have been so blessed by their family. We've spent many Indian holidays at their house so it was fun to invite them to an American holiday.
Anu and her daughter Jennifer
When we first arrived in India we needed someone to watch Ezra while we had class and a friend introduced us to Anu. She's been a part of our family ever since. Ezra and Madelyn both love her to pieces and we are very blessed to have someone we can trust to watch the kids when we work or need a date night.
Ezra being cute and eating chips.
Group photo
I just can't say enough how much I love the people in this picture. They have truly become our Indian family.
It was pretty funny to go dish by dish and explain all the different food we made.
Most of it was new to them but they were troopers and tried it all!
We also went around the table and talked about what we are most thankful for from the year.
Anu's daughter doesn't speak English so the whole time we were talking in Hindi. At this point in our learning that is pretty effortless, which is something we are SO thankful for!!
We had SO much food. But its just not Thanksgiving if there isn't about 10 items on the menu.. right?
After lunch, chai, pie and more visiting, our guests left, we took naps and then ended the day with Christmas movies and putting up the tree. A tradition I cherish from my childhood and Ezra was a big fan of this year.
God has blessed us TREMENDOUSLY this year!
In work, in family, in friendships.. we have seen his hand guiding and providing over and over again and we are very thankful!
