Christ Candle

Well, this past Monday night we got to light the Christ candle. Tuesday advent was over as Christmas finally came!

We have had a very interesting couple of weeks since I last wrote. We went to the Biltmore Estate two weekends back and had a lot of fun. It was neat to see Christmas trees everywhere, but I very much miss the Christmas tree exhibit at MSI. We got to explore Asheville some too and will be going back for sure. The gardens at the estate were impressive and we want to see them come spring. We got a year pass, so expect more about the estate in future posts. I will also put some pictures up when I get home in a couple of days.

We managed to get a whirlwind trip to OK together and we are watching the weather religiously to get back to NC safely. When we left town we got out of town a bit late because we were waiting for the wind to die down some. The day before we had several inches of snow fall with 60 mph wind, so we thought it wise to wait a little. Once the wind died down it was pretty with the snow on the mountain sides as we drove down.

A has had a great Christmas thus far. Opening presents has been fun as she will tear off a small piece of paper and throw it away and repeat until the package is open. She has gotten all sorts of goodies and actually seems to like the toys over the packaging which I understand is a rarity for someone her age.

One of the interesting things that A has done is feed the puppies. She LOVES puppies and will run and startle any furry four legged creature and she has tormented many this trip. They tend to love A as she will feed them whatever she has in her hands. She will also purposefully line up food for the puppies to eat and they follow her around that way as well.

Here is a quick picture of A on her new tricycle. It has a handle for pushing the trike around but A doesn't want it on her tricycle thank you very much.