This was our first Thanksgiving holiday in Florida. It was kind of strange having a thanksgiving day without the cold and the snow, but we sure enjoyed the warm weather. In the morning we went kayaking with some of our new friends. We went to a place just a little bit south, called Isles of Capri. There are mangroves and stretches of the gulf of Mexico and you can kayak around the little mangrove islands. It was beautiful, the weather was nice and there was a lot of wildlife to see. We saw different kinds of birds, fish, dolphins, sting rays, clams... We kayaked to a little island with a beautiful white sand beach where we stopped to take a break. We took some pictures there.
We were standing on this beach and then Shem saw with the binoculars, that a bunch of people were standing on this sandbar in the middle of the water, collecting "something" and had bags full of it. So Shem and some of our friends went kayaking to the sandbar to check it out. When they got there, the other people had left, and all they could find was this one huge clam. We found out that was what the people had been collecting, was bags full of clams, hahaha So Shem actually brought home this one clam that he wanted to try to cook for thanksgiving. We ended up returning the poor little clam into the ocean later that night, hahahahaha
We had a delicious dinner at our friends house with some other friends and also our friend's parents. We ate turkey, ham, potatoes, sweet potatoes, home-made rolls, corn, green bean casserole, and yummy desserts, including an gigantic coconut cream pie. Check out the picture below. We ate a lot!!
At the end of the day, we were so tired, but we had a lot of fun. We are so grateful for so many blessings in our life, especially our families and friends whom we love and appreciate very much. You are always in our minds and hearts. :D Happy Thanksgiving!!!
