Christmas seems to be getting a tough break these days. Certainly not in the marketing nor commercials aspect, but in a historic Christian aspect. (I probably lost folks just in that statement alone) Some of you may be wondering "why do these Bible thumpers keep harping on putting Christ in Christmas?!!" That's a decent question… Continue reading What Think Ye of Christmas
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The Tree is Trimmed 2014
Merry Christmas and welcome to my home tour! The tree is trimmed and Christmas has come to our home!! We tend towards the simple and minimalist approach in our home, mostly due to moving around so much with Uncle Sam. This is one of the reasons I love the Nester's motto "it doesn't have to… Continue reading The Tree is Trimmed 2014
Christmas Traditions
Do you guys have Christmas traditions? I am sure you do, as do we all, be it big or be it small, kick them off, just have a ball! Our newest tradition (or the tradition we will maintain while in Germany) is that we set out a Kinder Santa the day after Thanksgiving to… Continue reading Christmas Traditions
Homeschool Christmas Party
Earlier this month, we participated in a Homeschool Christmas Party! Germany has forbidden homeschooling in their country, but an 'International agreement' allows for us to continue to homeschool. There are several homeschool groups and coops in our area, which is so very helpful!! For our party, we volunteered to be part of the set-up crew and… Continue reading Homeschool Christmas Party
Have a Doggy Christmas
Wish my pups had been this well trained, but knowing my family's love of Christmas, it would only have been a matter of time 😉 http://youtu.be/AUtPKbMwnRo
Advent: Love
There are actually several versions of the Advent Calendar. You can hunt the web for the various 'orders of worship' that exist for the Advent season. We chose to do love for our second week. I am reaching back in to the archives for our L-O-V-E pictures that never went out from 2007! [wc_row][wc_column size="one-half"… Continue reading Advent: Love
Chocolate Fest
[wc_googlemap title="International Schokolodenfestival" location="Am Markt 1, Tübingen, Germany 72070" zoom="15" height="250"] Tübingen, Germany was first mentioned in writing back in 1078 but didn't become a town until the 13th century under the Palatine Counts of Tübingen. It became a 'university' town in the 15th century under Count Erberhard im Barte. The historic university is still there… Continue reading Chocolate Fest