Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Eve, Theme Nights and Going Back to School

Happiness is not an accident, nor is it something you wish for.  Happiness is something you design. - Jim Rohn

So many amazing things and adventures have happened since I last updated my blog so I thought it was about time I updated it since I had some free time.
I have experienced my first true American thanksgiving now. It was great. There was plenty of food including mashed potatoes, gravy, fruit pies and  a meat one I made, rolls and of course turkey.

Turkey

Amazing meat pie I made :)

Pies!!!!

That night I headed to Greeley to experience another American experience by going black Friday shopping. It is like boxing day sales back in NZ but crazier. We had to line up for ages to go through the check out. There were people everywhere. It was unbelievable. It was crazy but was a great thing to experience.

Next on the list was Christmas. We had 2 weeks break off school which was great because we all needed it. I spent break having fun, hanging out with friends, and spending time with my host family. Christmas Eve we headed over to Monica's parents house to have Christmas lunch there .It was a great afternoon and that was the start of the Christmas celebrations. On Christmas morning we got up and opened up our presents. Everyone was very spoilt and it is going to be even harder to pack now (Good luck mum :) ) Then we spent the afternoon eating food, watching elf and enjoying the company of family.

Got to love Christmas pjs :)

We had to go meet Santa!

Christmas shopping in Denver

Awesome Christmas party

7 Dwarfs

It was a necessity to dress up for Christmas morning.

New years eve was the next holiday we celebrated. It was a great night of watching our favourite movies, spending time with family and friends and welcoming in the New Year. Let's hope this year is even better than the last.

We have started a new tradition here by having theme nights once a week with my host family and Kristen. Each week we have a difference theme for example our first theme night we had to eat our whole meal with just our hands or face. We had spaghetti for dinner that night so it very interesting.

What you don't eat spaghetti like this?

Eating pizza with tongs and glasses on that you can hardly see out is harder than it looks.

I moustache you a question. Don't worry I will shave it for later.

So school is back in session now and it is going good. I basically have a whole new schedule so that I could graduate. My classes now are:
Beginning Art
US History
Ceramics
World History
PE
Health
Teen Challenges

All is well here and I am having more and more fun each day if that is even possible. To everyone back home in Christchurch I have been keeping updated on the recent earthquakes and aftershocks so stay safe and you can make it through it.

Sarah :)