I had two Thanksgivings in 2011. The first was  a potluck with a large group of friends the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Our group was made up of people from seven different countries. The food was delicious and the company was great. I even brought the game LCR and it was a big hit. (Fun Fact: This was the night before Dave and I went on our very first date.)

Saturday, November 19

Grace (England) was our gracious host. I’m not sure what she made. It was a dessert of some sort.

Nicola (Ireland) brought soup.

Jennie (England) brought pigs in a blanket.

Cilla (New Zealand) brought brownies.

Vlad (Canada) brought a salad.

Justin’s (Canada) stuffing was soooo good!

JuHye (Korea) made gnocchi and roasted veggies.

Megan (Chicago, IL) brought sweet potato casserole.

I brought broccoli, rice & cheese casserole.

Everyone brought a dish and everyone voted for the best one after we ate.

Look at all of that food!

More food!

Thanksgiving spread

Making a toast

Fall napkins

Thanksgiving dinner

Already in a food coma… halfway through dinner

Thanksgiving dinner – After

Alex (England) won the “Good Effort Award” because he brought wine rather than cooking.

Beth (England) won the Best Dish Runner-Up Award for her chili.

Stella won the Top Turkey Award for her Clam Chowder.

After dinner we played one of my favorite games, Left Center Right. And the lucky winners of the games took home lots of 1,000 won bills, y’all!

Ready to play LCR

Playing LCR

Ashley’s (California, US) money

Vlad was really getting into it

Taking a time-out for Shots

The LCR prize money

Chris was the first LCR winner.

LCR victory dance

He made it rain.

LCR winner

It was such a fun night! We all had a great time.

Hanging around

Sharing a chair with Jennie

Jeff (Arkansas, US) lounging around

Post game chatting

Group photo

Check out my post about my second Thanksgiving celebration.