Thanksgiving Days

Well...our kitchen is now complete! The plumbers came this morning to hook up water to the sink, the dishwasher and finish our bathroom upstairs. Yipp-eee. Koncno! (Konchno) (That's "finally" in Slovene, and I just like the way it's pronounced.)

Here are a couple pics from before the sink was finished, but the cabinets are in. We are really enjoying all of it! I have to get used to having wood countertops, I'm not sure how much "wear and tear" they can take and feel really protective of them right now. I really like that 'old' look, so I really should just relax...

Even Abigail is enjoying the cupboards! (These pics are for you Dad!) This is her latest "fun" face. She makes it a lot, which we laugh at, and then she does it more. She's quite the little ham these days.

Look at those long, curly lashes that she inherited from her Dada. Lucky girl!!

And speaking of her Dada...
He took our cheapy Ikea table that we bought 4 years ago and which we had stained with a white stain finish and sanded the top down and then re-stained it with an oak stain to match the counters. He was disappointed at first because the white stain wasn't coming off, but in the end, it really turned out very cool! He has been doing so many projects around the house, it's so fulfilling for him and especially nice for me! He's enjoying having a "work area" out in the garage and has his eye on new tools at the Home Depot type store now that he has a garage and work area. He has several other projects in mind now that he feels so confident after doing the table.

So on Thursday after the cabinets were finished being installed we headed to that new mall, which was super-packed with people! I guess they didn't care that it was a holiday in the US. : ) It was fun to walk around and see all the new stores. Mom, I can't wait to go shopping with you there in March!

Then on Friday we had our own little family Thanksgiving which was fun to fix in our new kitchen even though we had to wash everything afterward in the bathroom sink. Our turkey was huge for just the three of us...15 pounds and cost over $45!! But it was the only one available so we'll be eating turkey for the rest of the month probably! Turkey soup, turkey pot-pie, turkey sandwiches...

Then today we headed to our friends, the Jackson's house to have Thanksgiving with a bunch of other American & a few Slovene friends. There were 19 of us all-together, 7 of which were kids, so Abigail had a blast! At one point, there was a "talent show" for the kids and Abigail loved watching it all. Then one of the girls, Meagan, played a song on the piano and Abigail started dancing to it. It was really hilarious. Stevo, our teammate in Croatia was video taping it, so we hope to get a copy of it and if so, I'll post it for you. Oh my! It was so funny!

So here's a slideshow from today! Enjoy!


So Happy Thanksgiving dear family....we love you all!