.....This post is about two weeks too late but better late than never I guess!
I
hope you all had a festive Thanksgiving with friends and family! This
is one of Stacy and my favorite days of the year! Besides all the great
food it reminds us of all the physical blessings we have as well as the
blessing we have through Christ! Truly a great reminder for all!
Our
Thanksgiving started on Wednesday the 24th (because we both had
practice late on the 25th) with a traditional dinner at our home in
Leicester; just the two of us. Stacy made a great meal... It had a
little bit of everything in it! We had turkey of course...a traditional
American necessity and then we added some English and Australian flare
to the meal. As a side Stacy made cheesy cauliflower, which is a part
of traditional Australian meals and also made Yorkshire Pudding, which
is part of traditional English meals. To top off the goodness, she also
took one favorite recipe from the Zamroz household (fruit pizza) and
one from the Nanninga household (creamy cheesy potatoes), which also
added to the variety of food. It was a meal specifically tailored to us
and it was great to start somewhat of our own traditions on this
holiday.
To
make the the holiday even more enjoyable snow came our way for about a
week and a half. It was the earliest snowfall that Britain has received
in over 17 years. Our kitten, Zulu, especially enjoyed the snowfall.
She got her daily exercise for the week by chasing the snowflakes
through our glass doors trying to catch them as they fell to the
ground.
The
next morning (Thursday 25th) we drove down to Milton Keynes (about and
hour away) to enjoy a Thanksgiving Brunch with the Craig and Amanda
Owen. As mentioned before, Amanda is a friend from Church in good old
Pennsylvania who married an Englishman and now lives out here close to
us. Even though they were to entertain guests later in the day, they so
graciously allowed us to join them for bunch and we had a great time
visiting with them.
Now
Stacy has the Christmas music on full blast around the house and we are
excited for Christmas which is rapidly approaching! We are anxious to
travel home to Pennsylvania for the holidays and spend about a week and a
half there relaxing and seeing friends and family. Then from there we
travel to Belfast, Ireland over New Years to visit our friends Johnny
and Jenny McLaughlin. Its going to be brilliant (as the British would
say)!
God Bless and look forward to seeing some of you very soon!
With Love,
Ryan
