Christmas Pictures

I've been feeling a bit artsy this week, so I plodded through a couple of feet of snow in our backyard to take these pictures:



































This is the same tree at night during a snowfall


















At a recent family gathering, my 89-year-old grandma guessed the number of smarties in a jar exactly (500) and won the jar full of them. She doesn't eat any sweets because she's on a strict diet due to her health, so I have no idea what she's going to do with them!


















These are some ornaments from our tree




























































The tree

























I was getting quite concerned because Kiera has been sleeping 17-20 hours a day for almost a week now. I prayed about it last night and decided I would call the health nurse if this kept up. Most kids are dropping naps at this age, not adding 4-hour naps and only being up for an hour or 2 at a time. Today she was up for 2 1/2 hours before going down for a nap, so that was better. Her nose is still a bit runny so she might have a cold or she might be teething. We'll see how this next week goes and in the meantime I will continue to seek the Lord for peace instead of worrying. That's such a challenge for me! I never thought I would be worried about her sleeping too much! Silly me. Anyway, I wish you all a very wonderful Jesus-filled Christmas!