Our Thanksgiving!

We had a full day of activities on Thanksgiving this year.  Jonathan was an early bird and got to have a good morning tea party with Mary and Maggie.  Everything was very nicely organized with matching cups and saucers, until the guest of honor arrived!








 After breakfast, everyone ran off to the Turkey Day Race, an annual run in nearby City Park.  There is a five mile run and a half-mile run.  We signed up as a family.  David was planning to push Maggie in the stroller and run with Mary in the half mile, but Maggie decided she wanted to run, too.  All three ran together with Grandma Nancy cheering them on every step of the way!  I have had a chest cold, so I sat this one out and stayed home with the boys.




David's student Anu went to India to visit her family and brought each of the girls a special outfit back.  The girls thought Thanksgiving was the perfect occasion to wear their special Indian clothes!  We're not sure if we got everything on correctly because their middles were showing quite a bit, but it was fun:)









David has a culturally diverse group:  Anu and Sreeja are both from India; Shuai is from China; Pavel is from Russia; Vivian is from Iran; Jessica is from America.  We invited everyone over to join us for our Thanksgiving meal.   Some couldn't make it or already had plans, but we had a nice group: Anu and her family, Sreeja and her husband, Shuai, and Grandma Nancy.  Everyone brought something from their homeland, so we had a wonderful mixture of Chinese, Indian and American food!  We are so thankful that God has brought us together during this time in our lives!

Mary and Varshini, Anu's daughter, had a great time playing and reading in Mary's bed!  They are also eager to have another playdate with Shuai!