The ground is covered with crazy amounts of snow and more is falling. The temperature has dipped ridiculously low (especially when you add windchill). No, it's not the horrible month of February (and, really, February in Edmonton, really is horrible). It's December--and Christmas is coming. (And just to prove it, the H1N1 vaccination clinic at the mall near our house has closed because Santa needed a place to get his picture taken with an assortment of lil' ones (who, hopefully, have already been vaccinated)).
We braved the weather two nights ago to get our Christmas tree. We didn't have to trudge through any fields or scale any mountains to bring home our tree--we just had to drive to our local Home Depot. Maybe trudging and scaling would have been a better option because once we got the tree in our house and started decorating it, we discovered that the top half is pretty much already dead. Well, better luck next year, I suppose.
I love this time of year. I love the lights, I love the decorations, I love love LOVE the music. (I do not, at all, love the malls). I hope to write some reflections on Advent and Christmas in the coming weeks (and hopefully one on "Joy" before this Sunday when I have to preach it). But for now, here are a few photos of our half-dead tree....and Laurel in her snowsuit!
5 comments:
Half dead or not, it looks lovely. Poor Laurel looks like she can't move. Does she wear that plus the fleece set cover?
oops...seat cover
no, she doesn't wear the snow suit in the car sear--just in the stroller or when she goes outside to build a snowman. When I put her in it, I just stood there and laughed because she looked so funny.
I'm starting to read through these now and catching up. Laurel looks so cute in her snowsuit! I can't wait to see her first snowman!
Is it too weird that I would like to kiss those sweet little feet? Great pictures. I like Laurel's smile. She looks like a little angel ready to make a snow angel.
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