So, we survived our first Thanksgiving away from home. Though the holiday did feel different than it normally does we did everything we could to make sure it felt as close to Thanksgiving as possible. Dana made sure the table had foliage and name places, but I was a little disappointed he and the kids didn't put on a parade for me with Dana as Santa as the finale.
We were even blessed with company for our meal. I made two pumpkin pies (thanks for the recipe, Dad!) and we took the extra pie to our neighbor, T-san. She was appreciative and wanted to share her meal she had just cooked with us, so we turned the tables a little and invited her and her daughter over for dinner. It was their first Thanksgiving and we were honored to be sharing it with them. We had much to be thankful for this year, including making a good friend!
Here at the Shadburne household we have a family tradition of putting up the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving, but we decided to be a little early this year, so we did it immediately following dinner. Caden helped decorate this year but his favorite thing to do was to put on the finishing touch with the star. (Or was that Spider-man?)
Ah, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! It has been so much fun to have our house decorated and Caden is so excited that it is the Christmas Season! Now to find Santa......
2 comments:
Love the Christams tree and the house! It is so great to hear and see all that God is doing!! We miss all of you! have a blessed Christmas! Love ya, Sheri
I can't believe that Spiderman came all the way to Japan to decorate your tree! :-)
Glad to see you guys with your adorable family and big smiles! Thanks for sharing the pictures and the notes. Great blog!
~ Heidi and Erich Schneider
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