Back in Canada

Here are some Christmas photos!




Well, Christmas (and summer) are over for us. It was so great to catch up with so many Aussies. We're sorry if we couldn't catch up, or caught up only briefly. Daniel thrived in the warmer weather, and loved the attention of his family. We're going to miss you all a lot!

We arrived home safely on Wednesday night. There was still a lot of snow around (although you could see grass in some places). As we'd been away for a while, the footpath to our door had a pile of snow on it that we had to climb over to get our luggage inside. Once inside, our place was almost fridge temperature, at 10 degrees! We cranked up the wall heaters, although they took a while to kick in. We made sure Daniel had enough blankets, and put on our singlets, flannel pjs, and woolly socks. The days have been pleasant, around 9 degrees and mostly fine, so we've gone for a few walks while the weather is nice (although pushing the pram through the snow is an interesting experience!).

It rained all morning today, and now it is snowing, looking quite pretty as I gaze out my back door. We've almost finished unpacking, and last night we played Lord of the Rings RISK with our friends Mathew and Ramie (took about 3 hours!). Daniel has slept fitfully so far, and didn't want to go to bed until 11pm last night. But we can't keep sleeping in as we won't be ready for normal schedules next week. So today we got up at 7.30am, and then all had an hour nap at 10am. No crawling or teeth apparent yet.

I (Mareesa) am going to audit a night class called "The Life of Jesus", led by Aussie professor Rikk Watts this semester, which I'm really looking forward to. Nathan is taking the 2nd half of Intro Greek and Intermediate Hebrew, and Biblical Exegesis, a subject which is known to be a heavy load. We may also have a fellow student staying with us one night a week this semester.