Frosty the Snowman

This is the snowman I made the other day at our girls' craft night. One of my friends made it up. The day after I hung him up it snowed here, which is a pretty rare occurance in Richmond!

Williamsburg's Grand Illumination

Jacob and I went down to Williamsburg Sunday night for the Grand Illumination they do every year there. We had dinner with Brandon, Elizabeth, and Atticus and then we headed downtown. It was our first time seeing Colonial Williamsburg. It is beautiful there, even though it was dark and we couldn't see very well. All of our friends have told us about this event and we decided to go since it was our last chance. We loved it. It was a nice night, not too cold, so we didn't need the pile of blankets we had brought. We got there just in time for the fireworks. All of the houses and shops downtown light a candle in each window for the Christmas season. We were also entertained by a storyteller, bagpipes and drums, and fifes and drums.

Jacob was having trouble keeping his eyes open in the bright flash of the camera. This was the best we could get.
Keeping warm by the fire lantern.Elizabeth, Brandon, & Atticus
Thanks Moons for taking us. We had a wonderful time!

Wedding in a ...

...Barn! Yes, that's right, I went to a wedding in this barn on Saturday. I played (piano) with a violinist and cellist. I felt like we should've played fiddle music instead of Pachelbel's Canon in D. The music went fine even though I thought my fingers were going to fall off because they were so cold. It was freezing in there and I had to keep my coat on through the whole wedding. Good thing it didn't last very long. It was at a place called Amber Grove Inn, which is a bed and breakfast. It is a really pretty place, and when I pulled up to the house I never thought I'd be headed out to the barn for the wedding. :) They had the reception in the house.