(CNN) Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton are a pair of unlikely friends. All it took to bring them together was a couple of texts to the wrong number.

This year, the pals reunited for their fourth Thanksgiving feast together. This time, Dench didn't have to host.

With their partners, local news crews and a house teeming with family members, the pair reminisced about how much things had changed since their first Thanksgiving -- and how their friendship had grown.

"I'm just ecstatic that I have a new friend," she told CNN affiliates KTVK and KPHO , on scene to document the friendly feast. "Of course, not new anymore."

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