Jesus is Dead.

The other night, the kids turned off most of the lights in the living room. By Christmas Tree light, Hope started reading a little Christmas tree ornament book to Alex. At one point, she looked up at Larissa, and asked "Will we still celebrate Christmas after Little Lord Jesus dies?"

Larissa, casually looked over her shoulder and said "Oh, Jesus is dead."

Well, Alex started crying, so Larissa piped up again..."Oh, Alex - Jesus has been dead for, like, 2000 years." Didn't help.

We have never seen Alex so upset - he must have cried and moped around for 30 min.

Larissa is not allowed to explain anything to the kids for a while.

-by André

Horses and Christmas

NO, we did not get Hope a horse for Christmas!

This past week I had the opportunity to go along with Hope to her riding lesson. She is a good little rider, and good with her 'horse lesson' horse (pony actually) - called Candy.





Earlier in the day I took a couple hours from work to go and see Hope's Christmas performance at school - she looked so cute up on stage!



-by Andre

Photos from the Workshop

On November 24th and 25th, the Village of Gagetown held Christmas in the Village – where local artisans and shops welcome guests to do some special Christmas shopping. Photo Fredericton organized a Field Trip / Workshop and a number of us went out there and had fun shooting and teaching. While I was initially not overly excited about my photographic results from the day – I had an enjoyable time getting to know a fellow photographer. While I was editing this evening, I realized I had number of photos I was quite happy about.




Christmas in the Village 2007

-André

Recent events

At the End of November - Hope Playing in the snow...

The kids were excited to get our first little bit of snow - maybe an inch. It was enough to make some snow angels and slide around. Even dad made some snow angles with Hope. I had to take these shots 'cause Hope's face was the same colour as her Jacket! By this time Alex had vanished inside.

December 1st - Annual Pre-Xmas Party (and my b-day!)

Our party this year was a little late - we try to have it in the middle of November but we were a little late this year. The party is for friends, family and neighbours - kids welcome. We always collect 'food bank' food...this year we got 69 pieces...and had lots of fun!



We began to put up the tree the day after the party - well we got the tree and the lights up. The next day we (ah..mainly the kids) put on the decorations..... It was Alex's first time, as we were in transit last year, and the year before - well - he was 18 months old. :)

SNOW!!!
The evening of Dec. 3 - 30-40 cm of snow fell !!!! It is WINTER!!!

-by André