Advent is upon us. It seemed to sneak up on me this year. Since Christmas falls on a Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent was as far from Christmas as it can be. The time of preparation lasts longer than usual this year. And that can only...
In true Alison form, I am waiting till the last minute to pack our shoeboxes for OCC. That's OCC, not OCD. Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse.This is the third year that Camilla and I are filling shoeboxes with gifts for children in...
Now I am officially sick of peppermint. No, really, the evening following my last post, Adrian decided to keep us up most of the night, insisting on sleeping in our bed. He was miserably ill with a bad cold. The next morning I woke from what little sleep...
Todd and I managed to escape our beloved children to celebrate our anniversary with one quick night at our favorite Bed and Breakfast, Bischwind. It's beautiful, to say the least, and we had a great time going out to dinner, snuggling up to a fire...
I figure I will blog more often if I just write quick posts now and then instead of trying to keep the world up to speed on every development in our lives. On Christmas Eve, Camilla opened a pair of pajamas from her Aunt Linda....
I just thought that would be a good title for a book. Our Christmas tree did fall over, five days before Christmas. Several cheap glass ornaments broke, but no serious damage was done. We set it back up and tied it to the window frame....
I have a lot to catch up on--many, many pictures from our Christmas season. But I wanted to share something I learned from a few of my friends. Many of us are disillusioned with how commercial Christmas has become. We celebrate Jesus' birthday by buying,...
Last Wednesday, I decided to start baking Christmas cookies. I figured I would let Camilla help me a little bit, but it wouldn't last long. I popped my favorite Waltons Christmas movie, The Homecoming, into the DVD player to keep us entertained. My girl surprised...
I had to post some pictures from last weekend--read that, December 7th. We had our old Bible Study group over for dinner. It was truly wonderful to be with all of them again. I miss our weekly gatherings. Our kids are growing up too fast....
Phew! It has been a busy two weeks! We had a wonderful Christmas, spending time with family and friends and enjoying Camilla. The best gift we received was Camilla learning to walk. It was so much fun to watch her expand her horizons this...
