Thanksgiving in the Beautiful British Countryside

We took off on our first family flight since arriving in Berlin to head to the U.K. to visit very dear friends, The Kitcheners.  Ali, Chris, Will and Charlie were a co-op preschool family that we first met when Josie was in the 4's class at Admiral co-op. Will and Josie are the same age and Charlie and Benjamin are the same age.

Josie and Will went to the same school for a couple of years but were never in the same class again.  Benjamin and Charlie were in the same class for several years together at Admiral co-op.  And as it goes with your children's friends, it makes it so incredibly nice when they have nice parents.  Which Chris and Ali are and have become our good friends.  We even traveled with them to Mexico a few years ago right around the same time of year.  They moved back home to England just over 2 years ago and West

Josie was so happy with all of the
roasted vegetables!!

Seattle has not been the same.

Ali and Chris showed us why the British countryside is so beloved.  They live in a quaint village in Oxfordshire called Benson.  The weather was cool and crisp and for the most part sunny which for the record was nice to break the "it is always rainy in England" stereotype.

Ali made a lovely Thanksgiving feast for us including a leg of lamb, roasted vegetables and even a couple of vegetarian options for Josie and Marty.  And she did it without being frazzled at all!!  Everything was delicious and she seemed so cool and calm.  I should learn her tricks.  I always feel so frazzled when making a feast.

We definitely were missing our traditional Riemer family Thanksgiving gathering.  Marty's sister, Liz, typically makes the entire Thanksgiving meal and all we do is show up.  I guess, that is what we did this year too.  We are such free loaders.