. We haven’t done a bit of shopping, or baking or half the other things on our list, but we have just accomplished something we missed last year: Christmas letters! . . It’s always bittersweet to write a holiday letter; to pick out the important parts of our lives and try to surmise so much [...]
Posts Tagged ‘christmas’
Advent :: 19 Days til Christmas
We have yet to be successful in daily advent rituals. But we’re enjoying the flow nonetheless. . . Yesterday was spent :: :: Tree trimming a still crooked (but sturdy) tree . . :: Laughing hysterically at the goofy things we do in front of the camera :: Playing a bit with my new present before putting [...]
Advent Activities and Ideas
Every year I procrastinate with Advent or holiday activities. I always intend to create something great but when the season comes, I have a difficult time embracing Christmas as early as Zeb does. This will be our last Christmas here, so we’re really trying to make the most of it. We hung lights outside for the first [...]
Disconnecting to Reconnect
[P.S. My feed has changed, so visit my blog to get the new URL for Google Readers.] Two and a half weeks of disconnection from the Big Wide World. No TV, no computer, very few video games. It was superb. Heavenly. Beautiful. (Now that my laptop is away and taking longer than anticipated to repair and [...]
It’s Snowing in Vegas!
Seriously! We woke up late this morning, looked outside, then looked a little harder. It was flippin’ snowing! We were outside in short sleeve shirts just yesterday! You’d think we’d never seen it the way we stood at the window and shivered admired it. We do occasionally get some flurries but rarely anything that sticks. And [...]
