New Year - 2018

Christmas 2017 came and went just like that.  And soon after came 2018.

We love learning new songs with the kids and this year our favourite was In the Bleak Mid-Winter.   The words were close to our heart with the persistent bitter cold.  Its a beautiful hymn though and heart warming to hear the kids loving it and singing with fervor. 

In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan;
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain,
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty —
Jesus Christ.

Angels and Archangels
May have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim
Thronged the air;
But only His Mother
In her maiden bliss
Worshipped the Beloved
With a kiss.

What can I give Him,
Poor as I am? —
If I were a Shepherd
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man
I would do my part, —
Yet what I can I give Him, —
Give my heart.

We took our annual outside Christmas picture in the frigid temperatures not knowing that they would linger for months.  It was so cold we felt like we were living in the arctic and so tried our hand at blowing bubbles that would freeze - which only works when it's below -20. It did work and was actually very hilariously funny - we weren't counting on frozen noses and fingers during the process which made it alot more difficult. The things you learn.