Obviously, Thanksgiving is an American holiday and not celebrated in Japan, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to celebrate it even if were are thousands of miles from the U.S.A. It feels good to say that 2013 was a good year for our family. I don't think we could have said the same for 2011 and 2012 due to Mike's health issues. But I am happy to report that for the first time in 2 years Mike was healthy and able to eat a real Thanksgiving dinner and that we were surrounded by many new loving and kind friends.
The expat community had to work on Thanksgiving, so we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Due to the small size of ovens in Japan we substituted Costco rotisserie chicken in for the turkey. We still had lots of yummy pies, rolls (even my pumpkin rolls), mashed potatoes, lots of kids, and football playing in the background. Thanks to the Gepford family, Stewart family, McMahan family, and Barnhart family for helping bring a little bit of America to our Japanese home.
This is a side note, but I had to include a picture of the birthday cake that our home teachers brought me. In Japan I have to go by Lesli, since LesliAnn is too hard for the Japanese pronunciation. We have the kindest and most dedicated home teachers. Someday I will tell you about them. They are both amazing and each month we cherish their visits where they teach us all about the gospel and invite the spirit into our home.
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