Happy Thanksgiving

Giving Thanks in 舟見 (video)!!!!



This is JP's third year cooking up the bird! It gets tastier every year! Thanks dude! I can't wait for next year! ;)

Everyone loved the turkey, even the first timers. The Japanese girls couldn't get enough...they were pulling it apart, trying to get every last piece of meat by the end. Isn't Mai-chan cute?

This table isn't very impressive because we kept all the food in another room. With 28 people sitting around two tables, the traditional 'passing' method doesn't work so well. We stuck to buffet style!

After a few round of turkey and all the fixings we had to get some fresh air. We went for a walk in the woods, around the lake and found ourselves in the playground!

We ran around, played on the monkey bars, went down the slide, played a quick game of ultimate and even....

...hung upside down.

All in all it was a great Thanksgiving with all the fixin's, except the cranberry sauce! Oh well, we had sushi and yakisoba and all sorts of other goodies in addition to the Thanksgiving fare...anything else would have gotten lost in the mix. I'll be eating mashed potatoes and gravy for weeks. And I even have a little corn left to be baked this weekend--hurray!!

After cleaning up the house and packing up all the leftovers, some of us third+ years (and friends) headed to 山の越　for a few drinks and lots of catching up! Where will we all be in a year? What will we be doing? Who will we be sharing Thanksgiving with next year? Lots to be thankful for...choices, opportunities, friends, great food, and family. Thanks for another great Thanksgiving!