Merry almost Christmas!

Today is exactly two weeks until Christmas. It's the most wonderful time of the year! I am enjoying all the Christmas music and counting all the Christmas lights with William everytime we drive somewhere. We are doing a few Christmas crafts and treats here and there, too. All the Christmas presents are bought and just a couple last touches to some homemade gifts. I just love Christmas!

We are just a week and a half away from our church's Christmas play. It is coming along so nicely. We are doing "A Peanut Butter Christmas" by Ron Hamilton. It's such a cute play that teaches the real reason for celebrating Christmas: Jesus. It's funny because I remember acting in that play at High Point when I was in 3rd grade.

We are in our time of darkness now. December 5th was the last day the sun rose. It was a beautiful sunrise at about 11:30 am. The sky was beautiful pink and  yellow and  orange! So pretty! It is now 11:30 am and it is dusk outside. It will get "light" out for a few hours but we won't see the sun. By next week we won't see any daytime at all but it quickly returns by January. Then on January 10th or so the sun will make a quick appearance. Then a little more and more each day. By April the sun will be up early and staying up past 9 pm. By mid June the sun will stay up all night. I love the midnight sun so much. It makes having dark winters not seem so bad.

So, the next time I see the sun will be January 11th in Philadelphia :-) just a month away!!!

Here's a couple photos. Merry CHRISTmas!!


Here was the last sunrise for 2013. The picture doesn't do it justice.

Some Christmas stockings I crocheted to sell