Thanksgiving 2011

We just celebrated our second Thanksgiving here in merry 'ol England!  While the Brits generally have a hard time understanding what the meaning of Thanksgiving is, Dave's boss understood enough to not care too much when he left work early so he could get home and cook!  

Dave purchased a turkey crown and was in charge of preparing it, the goose fat mashed potatoes, baked macaroni and cheese, and the stuffing (can you tell he's the cook in the family?!).  I was in charge of the green bean casserole and, instead of the traditional pumpkin pie this year, I made a Pumpkin Banana Mousse Tart - thanks Ina Garten!  I started preparing the tart around 2:00pm - just in time to catch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at home!  (We have a slingbox that allows us to stream live cable from the States)  I was definitely in the festive mood!  Dave got home around 4:30 and started cooking right away.  I helped get things organized while he was busy adding ingredients and spices, etc. We were finally done with cooking everything around 7:30!  Whew!  It is always a fun time cooking Thanksgiving but also a lot of work!  We were definitely tired after all of that cooking and eating, and after calling both of our parents, called it an early night!  

We also celebrated Thanksgiving with some fellow Americans - RR employees also working over here and their families, this past Saturday.  It was great to be around Americans for once and to celebrate the holiday together.  It definitely made us miss home and our family and friends.  

We are very thankful this year - for each other, for our families and for our little baby on the way.  Happy Thanksgiving!!