This is what -8c looks like 3 days in a row

We have had a cold snap this past few days. I don't think the Temp has got over 0 degrees. Which means scrapping the car not just in the morning but quite possibly a couple of time in the day. So this is what -8 looks like

The view from our front door at 8:55am - this morning 19th Dec

Same shot at 9:32am ... yes that's right the sun is just getting up.

The heather in our garden

And I has to spend 10min scrapping the car of the frost

Our First Real Tree..... ever

It was very exciting for us on Saturday as we got our first real Christmas Tree. We invited our friends the Matthews to help decorate as we are all having christmas together.

Before......

And the end result... after 3 kids have been going at it for 30 min

After.....

Gauis, Alexis and Alyssa..... We tried very hard to get a good picture of all of them but this was the best we could get.

I love it... the tree doesn't look like that great centerpeice but it represents fun and love.

PS .. The tree looks even better now that it has had a chance to settle, because they come wrapped in net when you buy then they are a little cramped

Dressing the Christmas Tree

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year

I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year, It should be great fun with Alyssa being that much older. We are spending the day with the Matthew's family... they are studing at HTC. Gaius is one of Alyssa good friends.

It's christmas time

The girls had fun playing dress ups when we where putting up the tree.