On the feast of the Immaculate Conception, we started the day with Mass. Driving to church it started rainy. It had been partly sunny when we left the house. When we walked into church it had just changed from rain to snow. Coming out of church the ground was covered in about a half inch of snow. In a normal car with normal tires that's not a problem, but in my giant rear wheel drive van with questionable quality tires awaiting replacement (takes forever to get parts for this over here) it is a little nerve wracking. We were late to Brian's Christmas party as it was and the traffic was bad because of the sudden dump of snow. Luckily, there were no really steep inclines on the way and we made it safe and sound to the party.
After the party, the sun had melted the roads and the snow looked as if it was gone. We went home and changed for the next Christmas market. It was still very cold, so we dressed in lots of layers. Hannah really didn't want to go, and Drew and Judah were also asking to stay home. She ended up babysitting them while the rest of us took Brian's mom to the market. It was about 30 minutes away.
One of the first stalls was a couple of Germans who sang country music and loved Texas. We stopped to chat with them. His first words were, "Texas is the best place on earth." This market was full of woodwork crafts. We got a couple of candles made of wood and a candle holder carved out of a tree trunk. There was various live music all along the walk through the Christmas market. At the very last stall I found myself a nice winter hat since Genevieve has taken over my hat from last year and she looks too beautiful in it for me to take it back.
Speaking of taking my clothes, it looks like that day has finally arrived. Hannah wore my shirt to the Christmas party.
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| Christmas Market Buddies |
It started snowing as we were already walking to the van and the drive home was rough. It's dumping snow that fast these days.
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