On Christmas Eve morning Rowland and Rob went to the cabin, snowshoed out in the cold, cut down a tree and dragged it back to the truck. THey brought it home and set it up in the living room - first time we've had a real tree in probably 15 years! Additional lights were procured and added to the tree.
Our Christmas Eve service was at 5:00 and as special as always. Afterwards we had our Christmas Eve dinner, which was delicious, and then decorated the tree and opened one present each.
Christmas morning brought stockings from Santa, gift-opening and our traditional breakfast of waffles. In the afternoon Rob & I went snowshoeing around our yard, then over to the next street, through the park, down the hill, across the crick (frozen solid) that borders our property, and back up our hill. Courtney took lots of pictures and we had a fun time and definitely got warmed up from the exercise!
In the late afternoon we went to the Community Christmas Dinner at the Road House. This is the 3rd year and attendance has been growing each year. We had fun seeing lots of people there that we know and having a chance to wish them a merry Christmas.
The temperature was supposed to warm up on Friday and the roads were predicted to be icy, so Courtney & Rob decided to stay 'til Saturday, which was a real bonus for us! We continued to relax and snack - that's what the holidays are for, right?!
We're enjoying Mom's visit and she loves looking out the windows at the gorgeous snowy vistas.
I'm on vacation for the week and Mom & I are reading a lot of books, talking, getting out now and then and just having a good time.
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