Day Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Frosty Christmas Eve

Tonight and tomorrow, we celebrate the birth of a baby in a manger more than 2000 years ago. Let us never forget the Christ in Christmas, the joy of the season, and the incredible gift that his life...and death...have been for us.

Day Three Hundred and Fifty-Seven: Christmas Eve Eve

Pete and I were lucky enough to be invited tonight to share in a Christmas Eve Eve dinner at our friends Dan and Kelly's. (Kelly...now would be an appropriate time to click the "comment" button and leave a fun little note. :)). Not only was the food fabulous, the company to die for, but the house was decorated to the nines, providing ample picture opportunities.



Thank you, Dan and Kelly, for making us part of a very fun evening and for your awesome friendship. :)

Day Three Hundred and Fifty-Six: Number one.

Pete and I attended our first KU game of the season tonight. Although we were there to hand out books as a fundraiser for our Catholic young adults group, we got to see the entire first half of the game, and the last 5 minutes of the second half. Most importantly, we got to see our Jayhawks beat their first formidable opponent of the season and prove their number one ranking.

And after the party is over and the people have all gone home, Allen Field house needs a little love and care. Because heaven knows, it won't be long until the Jayhawks are back in action and proving once again they have exactly what it takes.

Day Three Hundred and Fifty-Five: Lucy the Elf

Dear Lucy,

Don't blame me. I may put turkeys on your nose, birthday hats on your head, and boas around your neck, but I absolutely did NOT make you wear this elf hat. (I may have made you keep it on so I could get this picture, but that's an entirely different offense.)

Love,

Doggie mama.

Day Three Hundred and Fifty-Four: All I Want for Christmas....

All Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is "you".

The Chipmunks want their two front teeth.

Gayla Peevey wants a hippopotamus (and only a hippopotamus will do).

And what do I want for Christmas this year? I'd go for a pair of socks with no holes in the toes. :)

Day Three Hundred and Fifty-Three: Friends in low places?

Xanadu: "A Fantasy, A Musical, A Place Where Dreams Come True"

Xanadu: the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty in China, after Xanadu (the man) decided to move the capital of the Yuan Dynasty to Dadu, present-day Beijing.

Xanadu: A night of mayhem inspired by law school friends returning home from the places they have gone to be reunited (weather pending) with friends who miss them terribly.

Day Three Hundred and Fifty-Two: Christmas Pumpkin

As Pete mentioned, he had some "Halloween-turned-Thanksgiving" pumpkins outside of his door that welcomed the first snowfall of the season in Lawrence. Before the pumpkins got too old, he decided to use them to welcome in the Christmas season. I'm not sure the pumpkin will make it to welcome in the newest season our lives on February 6, but even if it doesn't happen, I thank this pumpkin (and Pete) for providing so much seasonal joy!