Happy Thanksgiving!

I didn't think Thanksgiving would be too special around here. Since we had to work today, I thought it would just be another regular day. Well, the work part was pretty regular, but the evening turned out to be pretty darn nice. The other day when Pete was at the mall, he found a restaurant that was serving Thanksgiving Dinner. I was going to make something at home, but the thought of preparing food without an oven (or a dishwasher) after a full-day's work got less appealing as Thanksgiving approached. So, we decided to give the restaurant a whirl. Today at school we invited one of our few fellow U.S. citizens (there are only five of us at our Canadian school), Linda, to join us and it turned out to be a lovely evening with good Thanksgiving food, great laughs, and good company. Even Lucy had a good time - and she sat in a booster seat for the first time.

Here we are on the way out the door - I actually think this is the beginning of a yawn, but it looks like she is excited for turkey dinner.

Lucy and Pete on the ferry ride to Kowloon.

Linda and Pete with their full-on Thanksgiving feast (pumpkin soup, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, green beans, pumpkin and apple pies - What more could we Yanks want?)

Lucy followed the meal with a good beer and then asked Pete when football was going to be on. :)

The entrance to the mall where the restaurant was ... I think it's pretty. There were about a million people outside taking pictures of this with their big cameras and tripods ... what is it with Asians and photography? Seriously.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We wish we were home celebrating with you, but we are sending you are love from across the ocean. Today I am so thankful for my family - the little one Pete and I are just beginning, the one that was there for me from day one, and the one I joined almost four years ago. I am so grateful for all of you - you are my greatest blessing.