Thanksgiving was not the same without friends and family.  Usually every year our family throws thanksgiving for everybody.  Everyone we know goes to our house and brings food for our feast.  Once everybody had arrived we would all start eating.  It was like a ocean of food!  Everywhere you looked there was always something that  you reminded yourself to go get next.  Our two dogs Luna and Nalu would be locked out on thanksgiving but every once in awhile I would sneak out and give them some scraps.

Once all the kids were stuffed we would all lay on the couch for like an hour.  We would be so fat all we could do was crawl around on our stomach all over everybody else on the coach, If you needed to get your drink or something.  After we could walk again we would all run upstairs and rough house. we would all have one giant wrestling match.  And then after almost everybody left, me and Izzy would beg our closest friends parents to let them have a sleepover.

This thanksgiving was different though.  This thanksgiving I woke up early and headed to the kitchen. (Did I forget to mention, we are still in Croatia.)  In the kitchen I started coffee for my parents, And I made some braided bread and scones.  I woke the rest of my family up with tea and coffee.  My mom made baked eggs for breakfast, yummmmm.  After that we went to a fortress on the mountain and enjoyed the unexpected beautiful weather.  After that we went up the hill to the top where a fancy restaurant awaited us.  when we were through the day and I was in bed I thought of what this thanksgiving had been like compared to all the others that had past in Alaska.  This was a great thanksgiving.  It was different yes, but different is not bad