Let it snow.. Let it snow..

SNOW and more SNOW... I am loving it! I just love the cold and especially when it is so cold that it is super sunny. I love bundling up and walking around town with Mika, everyone is in a good mood and it just brings a special atmosphere that I really like.  I don't like driving in it, but I do love the beauty of it all. It makes me think of when  we were in Alaska or Greenland, or up in Northern Canada and those are very fond memories.  Right now it is snowing like crazy and it has been all day. I think I will start taking the bus, I really do not enjoy driving in this stuff.  I just hope that it doesn't snow so much that my family can't come up here, so we will pray that the roads will clear up soon.  Magnus is still deep in the exams and has two more to do yet. He will be done December 23rd, which right now seems a long time away. Exam time is hard on both of us, but we only have one more set of exams left.. yeah!  I was talking to Magnus yesterday and he said that he can't wait for the day when he can watch a hockey game on the weekend, or relax and hang out with us in the evening, because that never happens. If he does he feels guilty for it because he should be studying.  So my gift to him is lots of hockey on his christmas break.. I feel for him, but we have an end in sight and although it seems a million miles away - it is there sweetie it is there... 

A Charlie Brown Christmas...

Well I don't have too much to say.. We went on a tree hunt the other day and we were all decked out in gear thinking that we would have to really trek into the forest and it would take all day, etc.. but in about 10 min. we were like WOW we found the perfect tree (or what seemed like a perfect tree) It looked great in the forest but when we got it home it looked pretty scrawny and Charlie Brownish - but I guess that it always how it is.  It was fun though and even though we don't have snow yet, there is snow in the mountains and I am just praying for snow for Christmas. My family is coming up here for a couple days over the Holidays and so I really want it to be a good Canadian Christmas.  

Mika had a little Christmas party with all his friends today and although he was a bit grumpy from not having his nap - it was fun and I am looking forward to putting on another one next year already. It is fun to have kids because now you can have an excuse to have all these parties, or go to kids movies, and kids events, which are probably more fun for the parent then the kid anyways.  I really enjoy meeting new moms and connecting with others outside of church things. It fuels me and I feel that this is something I can really get into and reach others with.