This was our first Thanksgiving in Colorado. The weather definitely welcomed us with snow and cold. In what has become our tradition, we invited some guys from Aaron's work to have dinner with us. Three of the guys came and one of them brought his wife so we had 4 extra people for dinner. This was the first Thanksgiving for all of them. They are all from India. They have all been in the States for more than a year, but this was their first time having a Thanksgiving dinner.
We fixed mostly traditional dishes. We did add a couple of egg-free and vegetarian dishes. All of the food turned out great. We were even able to time everything almost perfectly. Aaron told everyone to be here at 2:00. Everything was done cooking at 2:30 and we then sat down and ate. In true Thanksgiving fashion everyone ate until they were over full.
After dinner we all just sat in the living room and talked. We learned how arranged marriages in India actually work. One of our guests is going to India in January to meet and interview potential wives. Apparently, using his horoscope his family will have chosen about 5 girls for him to interview. He will choose between those five girls who he will marry. We found this entire process to be very interesting. They probably thought that we would never stop asking questions.
Our guests all left at about 6:00. Then the four of us sat down and played a board game. Campbell loves Clue so we played that. Caleb even got a "turn". Really all he did was move his man around the board. He did a great job counting, though. His man always moved six spots. That's how many he can count without assistance.
It was a really nice day. Although, we missed all of our friends and family in Carolina. We wish that they could have all been with us on this day of Thanks.
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