Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Deck the Halls

A few days ago, one of my friends warned me that "very cold" weather was coming to Taiwan this week.

"It will get down to 10 degrees!" she said. "You better go buy a hat and mittens." Seeing my incredulity, she whipped out her phone to do a quick conversion to Fahrenheit.

"That's 50 degrees Fahrenheit!" she exclaimed, certain I would be impressed.

Needless to say, we won't be having a white Christmas this year.

But that hasn't stopped us from welcoming the Christmas season! Thanks to our awesome families, we have received several thoughtful packages with Christmas decorations and gifts.


Kalan and I have had fun sharing traditions from our families while developing some of our own.



We decorated a mini Christmas tree and hung stockings from our Wisconsin family.



We hung advent decorations from our Colorado family. Every night before dinner, we sing a Christmas carol and then open that day's note and corresponding gift.



Each day I am overwhelmed by all our blessings. Thankfulness seems to be our theme this season.



We hope you are also enjoying the advent season.

Oh...and enjoy the snow for us as well!

1 comment:

  1. I love all your decorations! Your mini tree is adorable. Glad St. Nick stopped by your apartment. :)
    We shoveled 2 inches of snow this morning just to practice for this weekend. They are forecasting 8 inches on Saturday. The landscape has officially changed to white until further notice (probably April).

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