First Thanksgiving

On the 24th of November, 2005, we celebrated our very first thanksgiving in Atlanta, Georgia. We were invited by George and Angela Benson together with my husband's colleague. George is the boss of my husband and Angela became a close friend of mine when M'hal was assigned in Taiwan. I met her during the family day of Lemcon. We had a great talk and connected right away because she is so kind and sweet. When they were assigned in the Philippines we went to Baguio together during the Holy Week.

Actually, we were in Charlotte, North Carolina a day before the event due to M'hal's assignment, then, we travelled on the 23rd at 11pm just to attend the dinner. We reached Atlanta around 3am, thank God the traffic was smooth. In the morning, George texted us to come around 3pm at their place. We were confused of the time as it was too early for a dinner party. Since it's our first time, we never thought that all shops were closed on that day. We drove around just to find something to bring for the party but just wasted our time and before we knew it it's already almost 5pm. The embarassing moment was they were just waiting for us to arrive and dinner supposed to be at 3pm. That early? My gosh...(parang lumabas ang pagka Filipino) always late...good thing they understood our situation as we got two kids and travelled late from North Carolina.

The party was perfect and Zoe as always, made George laughed with her jokes...talo nga si M'hal eh.. ehhehe maybe because they understood her accent better...The bad thing is that i was not able to take pictures as nobody in the group is taking one... Nahiya ang lola... "sayang". But even without pictures, the vivid memories of our first thanks giving celebration with our good friends will always stay in our heart and mind.