Thanksgiving Dinner!

Playing games before dinner. Me, Caleb, and Mr. Xing attempt Scrabble. Mr. Xing could use his dictionary. He came up with some funny words.

Chinese checkers.

Cards.

Time to eat. Most of the Chinese guests were "adventurous" and willing to try the strange food.

Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner.

Me, Katie, and Victoria.
Li Ma, Xiao Yang, and their two girls.
All the girls together. I guess we forget to get a picture of all the guys.Singing songs and Christmas carols in English and Chinese after dinner.

Thanksgiving Dinner!

Helping Mama Victoria get ready for Thanksgiving.

Katie and Victoria wrestle with the bird trying to get it ready for the oven.

25+ lb. turkey = 8 1/2 hours in oven. Smelled so good all day! Good thing the Rices have that great oven which is very, very rare in China.

Don't drop the turkey!That's not how you fix a turkey!
Brian carves the bird.
So much good food. Appetizers, bread, and drinks.
Everything you could wish for and more for Thanksgiving dinner.
Dessert! Apple pie, Cranberry Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pies, Brownies, Cheesecake, and Carrot Cake. All in China!

Just the food alone gave me so much to be thankful for! Mostly, I was thankful to be with Family. The Rices are my China family and all the people they invited to come share Thanksgiving dinner were Family too. Such a great time. Reminds me of dinners at my Grandma Gaugler's house. Noisy, hectic, people everywhere, tons of good food, family, friends. More post and pictures to come . . . so much to blog about!