The DeSmet Family

The DeSmet Family
Kelly, Valerie, Julia, Ella and Tucker

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving Beijing Style

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we got together with our "Beijing family" for a proper Thanksgiving feast.  We split the menu and did a progressive dinner that started with cocktails, appetizers and a few rounds of Just Dance on the Wii at one of my friends house. ( I totally crushed my friend Hilary at dancing to Chris Cross' "Jump Jump".....just sayin!)
From there we moved on to another friends home for the main meal.  It was an amazing meal complete with a huge turkey (that one of the guys smuggled back in his luggage from the US) and all of the fix in's.  Desserts were at yet another house in our neighborhood. Thank goodness we got to walk a little between meals to different homes so that we could burn off a few of the calories that we consumed.
We had such an incredibly fun night of drinking, eating and laughing with our friends.  It can be tough here around the holiday's because everyone is missing their families back home, but I couldn't have been more lucky than to find some of the most amazing friends and get to celebrate with them.  We really are a family here for each other, thrown into this crazy experience.  For this I am truly thankful!
Ella and Jane

My friend Catherine made this.  Amazing!

Turkey fruit tray.


Catherine and her Ayi's that helped.

Some of the men carving the bird. (George and Gene)

Chad Biggs and his sweet little Janie!

Some of us ladies making sure things get done right!

Sam holding the trophy for the "Who knows the most about Thanksgiving" game......We did not win!



Me and Michelle
The guys carving the beast and drinking beer.  (Couple of photo bombers in the back)
Little kids table.


Big kids table.


Biggest kids table.

Ella, Sophia and Jane


We finished off the night with a "who can hold a headstand longest after several drinks".  I won! LOL

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