Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from the Adams Family!

Miss Joy and her missing tooth that fell out last night! :)

Thanksgiving Printable

Here is a Thanksgiving printable we are using this year to record some special thanks from 2011. I'm going to pack them away with the fall decor. I think it will be fun to pull them out next year and see what each of the kids was thankful for the year before. Feel free to use it if you'd like, you can find it over at The Printable Share or click on the picture link below to download. Enjoy!

Lightbulb Turkeys

I've been saving lightbulbs for awhile...but I wasn't sure what I was saving them for until the idea to make turkeys with them came to me one day. They were the perfect shape to make turkey heads....

First I hot glued them to the inside of a lid so that they would stand up on their own. 

Then each of the kids painted theirs brown and we let them dry for a day. 

Later we cut out felt feathers and glued them on, as well as the rest of the face. :) I think they turned out pretty cute and the kids had fun making them!

Turkey Treat-bags

It's almost that time...and we've been thinking about turkeys all month! Here's an easy craft we did last week that was fun for the kids to make (almost) all by themselves.  :) Joy and I have made them before, but we haven't in a few years...I think she was about preschool when we did. Joshua enjoyed making them though this time and filling them with yummy cookies for some of our friends and delivering them. It's always fun to bring friends treats, and its even more fun when they're in a cute package!

Our First Thanksgiving in Korea!

We had a wonderful first Thanksgiving in South Korea! Total, there were 17 round the table! I'm so happy we were able to fill our home for the holiday and feed some very appreciative soldiers a home cooked meal. :) Everyone came over about noon and we visited, played some games, then we ate...and ate....and ate some more! Here is a picture of some of the group....

Peter did an awesome job (as always!!) entertaining everyone and making sure that they all experienced Thanksgiving 'Adams Style'....for those of you who've had Thanksgiving, or any holiday with us before, you know what I'm talking about...No One Has More Fun Than The Adamses!!  :)

And of course an event at the Adams house wouldn't be complete without a performance from the kids...

They sang a Thanksgiving song and made fast friends with all the soldiers.

I was there too...

I am SO thankful that today went as well as it did! I was really nervous about feeding so many people with my tiny Korean oven. THEN, our microwave...which I had planned on using today to reheat some things since I can only fit one thing in the oven at a time...died just as people were arriving! So somehow (Miracle of God!...There's just no other explanation!) I was able to cook everything and keep it all from getting cold while we enjoyed the feast. There was plenty of food and I even sent 6 of the soldiers home with 'left over' platefuls, which they were more excited about than they should have been. :)

We all had a relaxing afternoon, enjoying the blessing of each other's company, being thankful for friends who can be our 'family' when we're all so far away from our real families right now.

The kids all played great together and the house is a beautiful mess! So I'd say the day was a success, and now...I'm really tired! I hope everyone back home in the U.S. has a WONDERFUL, BLESSED Thanksgiving! We miss you TONS and are so thankful for all of you!