Sunshine!

I'm cold-blooded, for as long as I can remember I have always been cold. Pregnancies have made a slight difference but still in the winter-time often I can't seem to get enough layers of clothes on and I drink gallons of hot beverages everyday.

So, you can imagine my delight to have a "warm" place in my house. For a few hours every sunny day I am blessed by having sunlight pour into my kitchen through my one small South window.

Mmmmm, delicious, lovely, bright and warm sunshine! I love to be in my kitchen in the afternoon just for the sunlight, it brightens the whole room and warms my baking counter so that I almost feel hot standing there.

Truly the light is sweet,

and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Counting down to Christmas

We are having a very fun time looking forward to Christmas this year!

I'm enjoying keeping up old traditions and starting new ones and always searching for ways to point my children towards Christ during this time.

Here's a bit of our traditions.



OLD

Decorate the tree after returning from Thanksgiving weekend with family.

Make & decorate sugar cookies

Participate in a Christmas Cookie exchange

Read lots of Christmas books

Drive around and look at Christmas lights



NEW

Mail out Christmas cards and letters

Make & decorate gingerbread men

Read a chapter from "One Wintry Night" & "The Indescribable Gift" nightly.