December 17, 2022 – Terri's blog

Good morning Ladies !I hope you are having a lovely weekend . It is a beautiful Winter wonderland outside . We have had a lot of snow this week and as I type it is still coming down, just small flakes. It has been 4 days of it . The sun is partly shining also. It is supposed to get cold next week though !

As I left you last week we were going to our Friends Chris and Jen for Saturday evening . It was so good to see them . They have 2 boys and a girl, Lila is 2 years old , and such a cutie ! The boys are 13 and 7 . They have a hill in their back yard that they converted to sled down. The kids had so much fun going down it. We had dinner with them , a few drinks for those not driving ( pointing at me !) and watched some of world cup. We left around 9pm .

On Sunday we went to church for the 3rd of Advent. It is Gaudete Sunday where the pink or rose candle is lit to bring forth rejoicing as the saviour is near to being brought into the world. We watched a little football in the afternoon . In the evening we went to Christmas in the village. It is a 1900 era reconstructed village with houses and stores . It has a drug store , schoolhouse church Post office printing press store , blacksmith , General store and sooo much more. It was beautiful in the snow with all the lights. Each store had a wood burning stove as in that era. Everyone working and volunteering were dressed in period clothing.Church from the outside . Inside the Church . A house close to me really nicely decorated.

Monday came quick and it was pretty standard. On Tuesday evening I had a dentist appointment for cleaning only . it was good to get that done! Wednesday The kids had their last church class before Christmas. Thursday was a really bad day on the roads with snow and some ice! We got through it ok though Thank God ! Last night we went out to eat which was nice . Today I am doing last minute prep , food presents before Christmas.

We finally finished our decorations !