Thelemarck Christmas

We celebrated Christmas in New Hampshire this year.
Bjorn flew in from Arizona.  Barbro and Dave drove from Vermont, and of course all of the cousins and aunts and uncles were there too.  We ate a lot, had Swedish smorgesbord, made pasta for christmas dinner, sang lots of Swedish songs, drank Glug, and went walking and sliding in the beautiful the snowy woods. It was a lovely holiday this year.  

 

Solstice Eve

winter solstice hike 

up the snowy path with friends 

crunch crunch the cold snow

Christmas Images 2022

As always, Christmas was beautiful in our home.  I love the decorations and the time we take to make sure it looks festive.   Here are some simple snapshots of things around the house.  

 

Oklahoma

We know we belong to the land

And the land we belong to is grand!

and when we say

yeeow-a-yip-i-o-ee-ay!

We're only sayin'

You're doin' fine Oklahoma!

Oklahoma OK!

 

Big Tree Little Tree

For the first time in our lives, we had two Christmas trees up. 

One in the living room as usual, and one at the top of the stairs.

We loved them both.  

 

Oh Christmas Tree

The last couple of weeks have been a blur around here and we seriously could not find a second to go get our tree.  We had time between 4 and 6 pm tonight - and the tree farm closed at 5!  So, we shot out to Whites Tree Farm and picked one out in the dark. It took us about 5 minutes to find it and wouldn’t you know, we like it!  

 

Senior Photo

We found out that senior yearbook photos were due about 4 days before the deadline. We had no idea.  So we ran out early one windy morning before school and I snapped a bunch of photos of Anders hoping to get at least one good shot.   I liked a bunch.  Here are some of our favorites.