New friends    helped us give thanks, and for that we are thankful too.  Linda roasted turkey and made her (now world-famous, literally!) butternut squash soup,cornbread and British-apple stuffing, and more.  New friends from university and church brought the rest of the feast (including pumpkin pie, chocloate cake, Scottish wedding cake, and much more) and represented Austrailia, Ecuador, Scotland and the States.  The only thing missing was football on the telly, but Jake’s buddies from school added a new and better tradition–rugby football in the back garden before dinner.

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