Thanksgiving

We’ve been planning Thanksgiving for months now as we decided this summer to rent a big house with friends to celebrate over Thanksgiving weekend! Little did we know the country would be rioting and protesting which made our preparations a bit challenging. One thing in short supply is gasoline. People have been going to Costa Rica to get gas and are selling it in Bocas for $10 a gallon. I was a bit nervous about the whole operation but was so relieved to finally get some gas! Sam, Tanya and I had a spa day/Thanksgiving planning at La Coralina earlier in the week which was glorious! Dennis has been enjoying different but just as beautiful scenery in Barrow! He had a few days off for Thanksgiving so he headed to Portland with a quick stop in Anchorage where he celebrated his birthday early!

Thanksgiving day was a normal day here except Sam and Aaron invited us over for dinner. They had cooked the most delicious Thanksgiving dinner I’ve ever had! We sat out on their back deck for hours talking while the kids played. Just a really lovely evening with dear friends. Rose had us cracking up with her disheveled turkey look the next morning. No Black Friday shopping here but our packages that had been caught up in the protests finally arrived! After school we all headed out to Bluff Beach where our house was located. We spent the afternoon and evening settling in and enjoying the pool! Saturday was our Thanksgiving day which consisted of beach, pool, cooking and eating. We had the best time! The house didn’t have a TV and we left all tablets at home so the kids just played and played for hours. We ended up with 17 people for dinner. It was hard to leave the next morning but we were truly grateful for this special weekend with our friends.