giving thanks

for thanksgiving this year we had everyone over to the makarios house.. all of our family here was invited and it ended up being like 30ish people i think. kara ("poof"- finally got to meet her!) and cara's mom, barb (finally got to meet her too!!), were in from the states. we had the DR staff there, including odilcia (the amazing woman who cleans the school and house), odilcia's kids, cristina, claudio and their kids.. the house was packed with people all over and it was so good to be surrounded all day by such amazing people. (yes, mom, i did miss you guys.. and i was so happy i got to talk to you! thank you for calling. love.)

kara diggin' in.. and jonathan is ready!!

i met my FOOD TWIN.. kara and i were excited about the veggies..

makarios staff photo :)

the most gigantic bowl of macaroni and cheese i have ever seen in my entire life.. thank you, anne!

cara and momma barb

the kids all sat on our cushion things on the floor. they didn't know what to do with all the "american" food.. didn't eat too much of it actually because they preferred the rice/lentil dish cristina and odilcia had made together. they did, however eat their fair share of pies.

happy thanksgiving.