Sometimes, when you get out of a habit, it is hard to get back to it.
So I will do a brief winter catchup to hop back in to blogging.
We celebrated Thanksgiving with family in Indiana this year.
We took the turkey and contributed a few other items
and enjoyed seeing some of the clan that we had not been able to truly visit with for awhile.
Early in December, we took our yearly pilgrimage to hear the "Messiah."
This year we enjoyed the Louisville Orchestra in a smaller venue.
We were disappointed that it was only the Christmas portion,
but what was done was beautiful.
We also discovered a fusion restaurant with fabulous Fried Rice!
We tried another Christmas orchestra concert experience in Louisville.
This was a candlelight concert.
Unfortunately, the music was not played well and we left before it was all over.
We did enjoy the setting and made the most of our time together with a trip to PF Changs afterwards!
We enjoyed hosting our church family for a candlelight Christmas Eve service.
We were pleased that more than 60 people came -
(and we were glad that we had asked to use the church).
It was a special night and we were asked to make it a yearly tradition.
Christmas was spent at home with "family that we make."
We had a family from church who has little extended family up for the afternoon.
They joined us for our holiday walk and we played games and had a nice meal.
Continuing our trips to the symphony ...
we took in a harp and strings concert in between a few business trips this month.
The harpist was outstanding.
The first two pieces were not quite beautiful, but well executed.
The last piece was more enjoyable.
And Donut Day!
Yes, we have just passed 2/17 and we celebrated with a new donut.
We visited Parlor Doughnuts this year.
Unfortunately, their gluten-free donut was not great,
but the coffee with lavender syrup was good,
and it is always great to celebrate the day that started it all for us!
And this week, we are nursing the flu.
It has gripped us strongly,
but God had given us a light week,
a week of snow,
and little responsibility,
so there has been no excuse not to rest and sleep
and rest and sleep
and rest and sleep.
