Turkey Day!

Hello everyone! Communications have been down on the ship but I'm happy to report that I finally started receiving emails from David again!! He tried calling on Thanksgiving day but the connection was not strong enough and the call was dropped. He did send a nice long email after that attempt so it made it all better :) David is doing great and they just finished celebrating Thanksgiving. Due to logistical reasons, they had to celebrate a day late but they celebrated nonetheless! Here is a fun fact the ship provided us about preparing a Thanksgiving meal for the ship "in order to feed everyone, our Food Service Division is preparing 900 pounds of turkey, 400 pounds of ham, 600 pounds of mashed potatoes,250 pounds of stuffing,50 gallons of gravy and 4,000 dinner rolls." Crazy huh? Below are some pictures of all of that food being prepared.

I was able to go home for Thanksgiving and it was a wonderful time! I was able to see just about everybody including visiting Chrisman for a few hours. They made me the most thoughtful gift, it's a bouquet of handmade flowers and pictures of David and I. There are quotes on the pot about love and missing a loved one. It is so neat and is proudly displayed on my nightstand. Not only did they make the gift, they catered a luncheon of yummy mexican food! It was a blast. I had dinner with David's parents, visited the Moberly gang, and spent lots of time with my mom in her new, beautiful house. It was really great to see everyone and the good news is, I get to do it again in just about three weeks :)

I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!
Love,
Lisa