Fall in Cambodia and Thanksgiving Dinner

One of the harder parts about living in Cambodia is that there is no seasonal change.  We live in never-ending summer.  Sounds great a first (well, at least better than never-ending Winter) but we each get a dose of seasonal depression when our internal body clocks says, "when you go outside you will need a coat," but after 17 months we still have not had that situation become a reality.  So in my epic battle to deal with the loss of seasons I do everything I can to possibly re-create fall.  Here are some of my attempts:

 Eating Texas chili, Brie and chive biscuits (so delicious), and pecan pie with the Walkers.

Making homemade pumpkin muffins (which I did burn them a touch, sadly, but in my defense my oven doesn't have temperatures just a small flame and large flame for your tempertaure gauge).

 A "fall craft" day with three sweet friends.  Jess hosted us and made these amazing pumpkin with cinnamon cream cheese frosting cookie sandwiches. We each made "Thanks" bottles that I got the idea from my friend's blog.

And then comes Thanksgiving...we had two meals this year.  The one pictured above was for the staff at Chris' school, Logos.  We enjoyed a pot luck with 50 other people as we gathered on the weekend after Thanksgiving.

Our main Thanksgiving meal was eaten on Friday after work.  The holiday starts off strange when you work all day Thursday and no one around you cares its Thanksgiving.  However, we were pleasantly surprised when we came home and our house help, Ohm, made Chicken Pot Pie that night.  She had NO IDEA it's Thanksgiving, so we couldn't of been happier with her meal selection that day!  Then on Friday after work we headed to a friend's house and gathered with three other families for the full thing.  We had a deep fried turkey (best turkey I have ever eaten), mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, rolls, salad, and even three pies for dessert - apple, pumpkin, and pecan.  It was delicious.  The tables were decorated from every one's combined fall decorations and we even watched both the Lion's and the Cowboy's football games that had been recorded the day before.  We sat in a living room with air-con and enjoyed a taste of America for 4 amazing hours.  Happy Thanksgiving!

We all love fall because of the change in weather and the beautiful colors.  We don't get either of those here, but we once again had a great "fall" and Thanksgiving and are very grateful for everything we have been given!