[caption id="attachment_162" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="German family plus some others!"]
[/caption]My friend Kathy hosted, so it was the German family; Sara, Jordan, Zack, Laura, Amy, and Kathy, plus Hana (our culinary teacher) and Woody (her husband), and Kathy's German neighbors. Food was wonderful, and the company was even better. We had such a good time, eating and being merry. All it missed was some football on the television in the background! I love the holidays so much...I'm really looking forward to heading home for Christmas.
My basketball team is looking better. I have a good core of girls, so I'm excited to have our first game next week. I know North has started the Marist tourney and I was trying to find out how the varsity did, but I couldn't find it in any papers online. I got teary-eyed when I saw the score finally, just because I miss those girls and the kids at North very much. There are days I wish it weren't such a part of me, but it is, so I just have to deal with it. I miss US basketball, and the ease of everything. However, I realize that if I were in the US I wouldn't be going to Spain over Thanksgiving or to Chicago for two weeks, and STILL get to coach basketball. This is a whole new world here, especially in the realm of high school sports. My girls will be okay, but their skills are nowhere near where they should be. They don't have all the basketball sense that I'd like, but I'm doing my best to give it to them.
Here are some photos from Thanksgiving on this side of the pond.
[caption id="attachment_161" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Zack showing Annalena (German neighbor) how to eat Cool Whip"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_160" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Me, Laura, Amy, and Kathy"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_159" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Mmmm...looks good!"]
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