Our last Thanksgiving in Italy was also the only one for which we were at home. After some discussion amongst friends, we decided that our family would host a big dinner. I think we counted about 39 people altogether, both Americans and Italians. It was so wonderful to share a traditional American meal with Italian friends!
The weather ended up being perfect, which was a relief, since we did have a lot of children running around, lol. The kids always enjoy piling onto the trampoline, so I for one was thankful that it did not rain! We enjoyed good food and wonderful fellowship and had a special time during which Ted spoke a little bit about the origins of the holiday, and then he prayed in English and Nello prayed in Italian. It was a beautiful, memorable Thanksgiving--probably one of my favorites ever! We are so grateful for such wonderful friends.
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| Charis put together fruit & veggie appetizer platters. They were a hit! |
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| Some of the hubbies. |
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| Titti is our Italian instructor, seated here with her husband Nello. |
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| Titti and Nello's oldest son Vicenzo (left) speaks with a new Italian family we met through Lisa R's family. |
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| Clay and Lauren are good friends from our church--they arrived in Italy about 18 months ago as a missionary family. |
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| We women worked hard to put this spread together! |
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| Thankfully we had an appreciative crowd of hungry people! |
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| Seanin just enjoyed watching the commotion! |
