Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Countdown






Hope that everyone had a fantastic holiday.  We were pretty mellow this year but managed to have lots.  As usual Clarity received wonderful presents from friend and family and we had a great time.  Surprisingly the temperatures through Christmas were in the high 20's and 30's, which is relatively warm considering 2 weeks earlier we saw negative 42.  Even with the high temperatures Clarity felt it necessary for one of her new dolls to be dressed up for the Solstice Spiral, so this is the result.  She actually made the bibs and balaclava herself; her mama's sewing projects are a good influence on her.

We have finished up Clarity's first skiing lessons, overall it was a great success.  She finished the lessons by participating in the Candy Cane Race, which, as the name would suggest, involves troves of children racing around trying to collect sugary treats.  Clarity, as I predicted, waited until every single kid was well underway before she left the starting line, she has to make sure that she sees everything.  I am beginning to appreciate that Clarity is just not in a rush to get things done.  Luckily in the end Santa was mopping up the stragglers and delivering candy canes to those more speed impaired youngsters, so Clarity got her sugar buzz, but thankfully not the 4 candy canes those in the front got!

Christmas cookie party
We are busy preparing for our month in Hawaii.  We leave in a week and have been running around gathering craft supplies and clothing.  Other than that we have been busy with Clarity.  She has quite the social calendar these days and is gathering so many friends I'm not sure how we're going to be able to leave. 
We want to wish everyone a great holiday season and a happy and safe New Years.  We are so blessed to have so much love in our lives.  We hope to see everyone in 2012!!

Go yeast go!
Bubble bubble boil and trouble
On a final note, thanks to a wonderful Christmas gift from my wonderful wife we are finally brewing beer at the Partridge household.  Tonight we boiled up a 5 gallon batch of belgian IPA, which is currently fermenting in our basement.  It should taste good after our vacation.  Come have a taste.


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