Because of the way our weekends are here in Saudi (Thursday and Friday off), we always get Thanksgiving off. Although now I realize why it isn't on a weekend in the States. After all the cooking and eating, you need the weekend to just relax. We actually had two Thanksgivings this year. One on Thursday with the rest of the teachers on our compound, and the other on Friday with a group of friends on a different compound. It was a lot of fun getting together outside of school and eating amazing food. Both dinners were unbelievable and we ate way too much. One even included ham (which is illegal in Saudi) which was a pleasant surprise to our taste buds. Those of you who know my fairly basic cooking skills would have been impressed with my sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, and brownie pecan pie. I also attempted rolls that didn't turn out so well.
As for the rest of life, it is pretty much consumed with school and getting ready for the baby. This has been our life for the past few months, but now we are getting down to crunch time. Only 7 weeks until the due date and there is a lot to do still. Jamie has been hard at work putting the baby nook together. We'll get pictures up once it is all done. So far, it looks very cute. Nice work hun!
A quick picture of our Thanksgiving festivities on our compound.
Our wonderful tree. We have 24 ornaments this year. Not bad since we started this collection with zero last year. We have one from every country we've visited and many from Saudi, but those are 'decorations', not Christmas ornaments.
Where the heck did you find a pine tree in the middle of the desert?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteSadly Billy, we actually own a fake tree. Jamie had to teach me how to put it up last year since we have always had a real on at mom and dad's house. Our only other option was to get a potted tropical tree and try to decorate it, but that wouldn't have worked as well.
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