We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast with all of our friends here in Dominica. We went over to our friends Craig and Ralna's house and there were probably 80 or so people there. It was a lot of fun. I made the turkey, dressing, green bean casserole, corn casserole, fruit salad, apple cobbler, and pumpkin roll. It was definitely a little different from our usual family gathering back at home but it will be a great memory as our first Thanksgiving together. It was really fun being able to cook a big Thanksgiving meal. There is a lot more work that goes into the meal when you are actually cooking it as opposed to just showing up and eating, but it definitely gave me something to do for a couple of days. It was Christopher and my first attempt at making a turkey, which turned out fabulous. Christopher is quite the turkey carver if I do say so myself. But everything turned out absolutely delicious. Here are some pictures I stole from Ashley's blog because my camera doesn't work still. There were a lot of people and a lot of food. We had a great time.
Christopher has began his marathon of exams and is doing great. He has completed 3 lab practicals. He thinks that he did very well on each of them. After they were over on Friday he was exhausted, but he got a good night sleep and is back to studying this weekend. He has 3 exams this week and three next week and then we will be home! We are ready for a break.
Christmas has been a little different here living on this island because no one puts out Christmas lights, or decorations and the weather is still 85 degrees. I almost feel like it is still June or July. Anyway, we are like the only people in Dominica that have lights on our house. But every time we come home we are thankful that we brought them because it does make it feel a little more like Christmas. Bringing a Christmas tree and stockings to decorate our house has also made it feel like Christmas.
We can't wait to be home in 12 days!
