Thanksgiving in Thailand

 We thought we would share with you all how we celebrated Thanksgiving here in Thailand.  As hard as holidays are not being with your family and friends, we had a great day with new friends and a family we have only begun getting to know.  We are so grateful and thankful for all of the people that we have been getting to know and developing relationship's with.  We are looking forward to sharing many more holidays with them!

Our Thanksgiving started out with Nate playing flag football, only 2 casualties (none of the them Nate!!!).  Nate and another friend organized the game and had a great turn out!  After football we came home and rested (the heat can really get to you here!!), Stephanie finished 2 Apple Pies and about 5lbs of Mashed Potatoes for dinner.  Around 4:00pm we walked down the street to our friends home where our dinner was going to be held.  We had the pleasure of sharing dinner with 50 or so new friends and family members.  Several of these people were Thai and this was their first time to join in on the festivities.  

We really got to enjoy a 4 day weekend due to a team retreat that was held for the team we are a part of.  We had a fabulous weekend, and are looking forward to next weekend when Steph's mom will come to visit!

We started our Thanksgiving off in true American fashion, Nate played some friendly (but of course competitive) flag football!

Isaac wanted to play but is still a bit too little to play with the big boys!

One of the families we work with hosted this fabulous turkey dinner for our office!  They did a wonderful job of making it look like fall, beautiful decorations and we are extremely grateful for all of the effort they put into making Thanksgiving fun for us!

Our Thanksgiving plates!

Isaac and Steph right before the eating began!

Our friend explaining the meaning of Thanksgiving.  We had several Thai friends attend our dinner, many of them are new believers and for all of them it was their first Thanksgiving experience.

Isaac and Daddy being silly after dinner!

How do you celebrate Thanksgiving on the other side of the world you may ask....well, we watched a two year old version of the Macy's parade off of youtube, on the side of the house, because it is just too hot to be inside! 

Recent Pictures

Isaac has a serious love for trains right now!  We took him to the Chiang Mai Train Station so that he could see a real train and play in the Engine.  He LOVED it, now every time we go somewhere he ask's if we are gonna go to the train station.

We took a Saturday trip to the Umbrella Factory.  We had such a blast seeing how they are made.  You can walk around the factory where they whittle the top part, and assemble the body.  They also dye the paper there, as well as hand paint each one.  At the end of the factory is the shop where you can buy your own umbrella!

Isaac has made some new friends.  The top left a new friend and Isaac watching a movie while we watched a Broncos game, Isaac playing golf, Isaac and another new friend on our way to the pool. Bottom left Isaac and Khun Ben, she is the one that keeps Isaac entertained while we study language, Isaac enjoying a
D-Milk (a cookie shake) and watching a movie, Nate and Isaac...Isaac swiped the Ipad...or as he calls it switching sides, Isaac sharing his phone with some friends we met in a restaurant.