Thanksgiving '08 in KL

Yours truly was caught with a mouthful of food when Nancy snapped the picture at ISKL on the evening of Thanksgiving Day as we joined others from the Middle School teaching staff at an end-of-the-day pot-luck Thanksgiving feast. (Thurs. was a regular school day at ISKL, but turkeys were cooked at school and all of us brought an abundance of salads, vegetables and dessert to complete the meal.)

We had gone to the same event last year when Levi & Ramona Willits were with us. At that time Ramona used her famous recipe for tasty mashed potatoes which we managed to duplicate this year. It was a fun event, and needless to say there was plenty of food.

Our second celebration of Thanksgiving was two days later on Saturday afternoon when Nancy had invited a gathering of 19 (!) including 14 of us adults and 5 kids. Reeve, Gabi, Rania and Rex Inskeep had their own table, with Phoenix Inskeep situated right by his Mom.

Again, it was an occasion with no shortage of food. I cooked the turkey and Nancy prepared the mashed potatoes, but for the most part others contributed the rest of the meal including pumpkin, apple and pecan pies. Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the event and our hosting role was made much easier with the help of Mary, our part-time household helper for the month of November. Unfortunately, Nancy is not pictured anywhere since she took on the role of "staff photographer."

With Thanksgiving celebrations behind us, we had an interesting experience with modern technology late on Sunday morning after we had returned from church. In talking to Mark and Tasha in Maryland on Skype we discovered that they were watching the Oregon "Civil War Game" on TV (U. of Oregon vs. Oregon State). Mark focused his laptop computer (& Skype camera) onto the TV screen so that we could watch the game as well! Sound transmission was poor but the picture was fine! Sadly, OSU was soundly defeated, ruining their chance, in all likelihood, of representing the Pac-10 in the Rose Bowl on January 1. - rw