Happy Thanksgiving!

As I sit here typing this entry (with my empty pumpkin pie plate beside the monitor), I feel completely stuffed! But then again, there's nothing like the feeling of a full tummy after a yummy Thanksgiving meal. And the fact that there are only 2 and a half mouths to eat a 12 pound turkey did nothing to help the situation! Dave and I are used to having small Thanksgiving celebrations, since it has been over 3 years since we've been home with our family in October. But this year the celebration actually seemed a little brighter because Rebekah is actually big enough to eat turkey and play in the leaves :) Here are some photos from our day:

We started our day with a stroll through the Hyde Creek Nature Reserve, just a couple blocks from our apartment. It is an old-growth forest right in the city and it is very dark and damp. The trees are huge and the forest floor is full of moss and ferns. Unfortunately most of our pictures didn't turn out because it was so dark. But here are a couple.

Dave and Bekah found a huge tree leaf, one of the biggest we'd ever seen!

Once we got back to our place, we tried to get Bekah to pose for some pictures. Normally a Thanksgiving picture would be taken in a big pile of leaves or something, but out here in BC things are still pretty green!




Two pals just waiting for the big feast to begin


Dave's ready to dig in...


...so is Bekah!

And finally we watch the old Garfield Thanksgiving special from the 80's (our tradition!)