"Cenx" Giving

While Spain doesn't celebrate the American Holiday of Thanksgiving, there are a few folks with Americans in their family that do. Our friends the Freire family have a daughter-in-law from Arizona, and she got them celebrating it every year. They invited us this year. The parents (whom we stayed with for a week while we were finding a place to live when we first moved to Spain) hosted. Three of their kids (one single and two married with families) and one of their nieces and her husband and kids, all live in the area, and attended.

We had a great time eating food (most of it tasted quite American), turkey, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, stuffing etc. I played some music with Hermano Freire, and after a rest, they busted out the Wii and we played Let's Dance. A really fun game where you imitate the dance moves of the shadow on the screen to music while holding the Wii-mote in your hand. They even made gravy, a completely unknown food to Spaniards!

Michelle pointing to the dishes we brought! Mashed potatoes and salad.

Charlie and Theresa (cousins) sharing a trike.

Brian taking the jackets off of the coat rack for everyone to see.

Lucio and I playing music while Charlie stares admiringly at his grandpa.

Stephanie and Michelle dancing around after dinner. It was hilarious to watch people dance, not because anyone was bad at it, but because it was very well coordinated and easy for people to pick up. They totally looked like back-up dancers.

It was really fun to spend thanksgiving with family, even if it wasn't ours.