A Thanksgiving dinner with the students

The metal is on the roof, the carpenters are doing the finishing
at the boys house

Garry had the idea last week...
we should have a Thanksgiving dinner with the students and they could all make something to eat.

We had it Friday afternoon at the boys' house, and everything was delicious too. We all sat around the ping pong table, and we even had everyone say what they were thankful for before we ate.

Here are some photos of the fun.

Garry is calling Maria to see where she is (still on the bus)
and valera is excited about the olivea salad and potatoes the girls brought

Simeon is frying potato pancakes

Kolya is getting his very chocolate dessert he made out of the freezer
I made the pumpkin pie, roast turkey and stuffing 

Yulia or Julia as she now prefers smiles a lot now

Kolya enjoying Maria's piroskie- like a bun filled with apple

Natastya and Maria sat on one side of me

Karina wasn't hungry, the girls had eaten noodles before they came
she was getting Simeon to listen to a song here, she did help with the dishes

Valera made this layered salad with cooked beets, potatoes, carrot and herring

The new guys- Kolya/Nikoli, Sasha and Simeon eating jello

Julia eating jello

Empty dishes by dessert time
(valera grabbed the camera for this photo of Garry and I)

dessert is so good!

smiles everywhere

all cleaned up