A White Christmas

Has it been 2 weeks since my last blog entry? yikes! Time flies! So finally I am going to post some pictures from our Christmas in New York. We had a great time. We got to stay for 6 days which is our longest visit yet. We had to make up some time for not being able to go the last few years. It had been 3 years since we'd been able to go for Christmas! Too long. So we got there Christmas Day, well, evening. There was snow on the ground-how beautiful. It didn't actually snow though until the night before we left. But I got to see a lot of it. So, I think maybe that's my first white Christmas ever! How fun!

So we got lots of time with the kids. They were thrilled to have their uncle Brian there to climb around on like a jungle gym. He's got a lot more energy than I do! They have grown so much! Sarah is turning into a beautiful young girl. She would just sit with me and have these grown-up conversations with me. Silas was just wild as ever but sweet as can be! He's got quite a wit that one. He gave a painting for Christmas that he did all by himself of a "chicken or rooster swimming in milk". It's really does look just like that too! We spent lots of time playing games and many hours playing one of Brian's favorites...monopoly. Jennifer was a good competitor for him. She won one and he won another. I never won. I was really just there to learn. That's my excuse anyway! I'm terrible at that game. Fun times. AND I finally got to see Brian's parents newly remodeled kitchen, and living room. They completely redid them--new floors, cabinets, carpet, appliance, furniture--the works. They did it maybe 2 or so years ago and I hadn't gotten to see until now. It's beautiful! They did a great job on it, and it looks completely different!

So all in all, a great trip. We got some good pictures of the snow from the last night there. It snowed maybe 5 inches that night so the drive to the airport was GORGEOUS! New, fresh, clean snow. Love it. The picture of the barn is of their big back yard, and the small tree is in the front yard. The spruce (I think it's a spruce!) is in their side yard. The snow just made everything look so peaceful. Enjoy the pics!

I'm going to do another entry from Christmas in Athens. That way, everybody can see the pictures from that too. Maybe it won't be 2 weeks before that gets done!