Over the Thanksgiving holiday many volunteers came together in Belmopan to celebrate Thanksgiving, enjoy a nice home-cooked meal together, and give thanks. Each district was responsible for providing various dishes, desserts, and appetizers for all 80 or so attendees, and Peace Corps took care of the turkey (5 or 6 in all). Our district was responsible for desserts and since pies are difficult as well as quite expensive to make here in Belize, we decided to make dessert faves into cookies of sorts. Ginnie made an amazing and quite popular pumpkin pie cookie and Anthony made oatmeal applesauce cookies. It seemed as though there was food to feed a thousand hungry souls. Everyone ate until they were quite literally stuffed. When all was said and done, as ravenous as we had been, we were still left with a table full of many appetizer, salad and dessert plates, as well as a few pounds of turkey. As in years past, Peace Corps gathers these foods and donates them to a shelter in Belmopan. Sooo, although we were unable to take part in the traditional day-after custom of building ginormous sandwiches from the leftovers, food was put to good use. We had a wonderful day and enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time together. Afterward, Josh came home with us to Belize to continue the fun with a meal at a PCV fave, Riverside Tavern, and to check out the entertainment options at the Princess. Once there it was off to the lanes for some bowling and then a lee trip into the casino for the highly addicting 5 cent electronic roulette game where we ran into Ginnie's counterpart also out for an evening of fun. Below are some photos.
We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday and wish everyone a safe, happy, and memorable holiday season.
Table centerpieces at Nicole's Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner
Our beloved Nurse Jackie (c) chats it up with a few volunteers
The appetizer table spread (potatoes, salads, mac and cheese, etc.)
Some desserts made by PCVs - bread puddings, cookies, pies, and cakes
Mr. Stanley continuing the turkey carving tradition. He carved all 5 birds!
One of the many decorative centerpieces at the George Price Center
Some fellow PC staff members - Ruth and Kent
Ginnie's amazing pumpkin pie cookies
The welcome sign at George Price Center
1st, 2nd, and 3rd year volunteers
Josh, Anthony, and John 
Ginnie and Nikki looking perky...cheers
Check out these fancy shoes...perhaps some bowling is in order
Look who we found!
Check out these scores (not sure what happened with Ginnie on this one, she did better in the first game, really and look at Anthony's and Josh's almost turkeys in honor of the holiday!)
So many choices...which one do we roll with
Scott, April, Josh, and us, after our holiday bowling adventure
AHHHH!!!!!! Look out, Ginnie!
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