Giving Thanks and Visiting the Great Grandparents

I spent my Thanksgiving holiday with about twenty people from my church (American and Non) at my pastor's house. They used the same corn tradition that my family uses during this holiday, so that was neat! Yummy food, good friends, and an awesome God - so much to be thankful for!

This is table 1 of 3..Christina did such a beautiful job with the decorations and place settings!

...and tables 2 and 3. My intent was to show you guys a picture of the decorations and such, but someone thought it was a photo opp for them! Sheesh :) The guy on the left is German; the Thanksgiving dish he brought? Beer!

This is part of the first course. Myself and one other couple brought vegetables. Needless to say I did not have a balanced meal that night, but I'm okay with that :)

Pre-dinner funtivities :) Yours truly won fastest word search finder! (still working on the official title, haha)

Sylvie was my dinner date (kinda, if you don't count her husband); I love her! My church family is a big blessing to me.

Pastor Tobin telling us about the Thanksgiving in Mainland where he had to pluck and kill a turkey for dinner. I could not be more thankful for imported meats in Hong Kong!

A few friends and I hiked Lion Peak a few weeks ago. It is probably my least favorite hike so far, but we were able to see our ancestors (the monkeys), so all-in-all it was a good hike!

Here we are! Pretty incredible view of the island, too...

I was super excited about this shot, except my camera didn't use the flash so I had to adjust the contrast and coloring; but, I still love this picture! You don't want to know what I had to do to make them both look at me :)

Buildings galore ...the light reflecting off the water with the mountains in the background was so gorgeous, though....

Most pitiful face ever...yes, I know what you're thinking - "you make that face all the time, Gabrielle!"
(I know my mom is thinking that, at least).

Such an epic view...next time, yoga pose :)

More to come later!