It’s
a full weekend of getting our hearts ready to celebrate this very special
season. Yesterday, we had the wonderful experience of taking part in our first
Christmas program of the season. We picked up Mom and had such a fun time seeing our
grandsons (her great-grandsons), Haddon and Schaeffer (and Casper, too!), share the
story of the first Christmas in Bethlehem and be able to join in singing with all the
Rivertree students so many of the favorite Christmas hymns. Tonight, we are
traveling back into the cities to see the Nasha Shkola students in their Christmas
program. It’s a wonderful story, told both in Russian and English by the students,
with all the beautiful Russian costumes and pageantry. And tomorrow
morning, we’ll be up early and back on the road to see grandchildren Kollette,
Anabelle, Grace and Andrew sing in their church program.
This
week’s painting, Cottage Ruin, 5”x7” on 300 lb. Watercolor paper, takes us back
to the beautiful rural spaces of the Connemara region of Ireland.
From
our family to yours, we wish you a joyous Christmas season and blessings for
the New Year.
