22 December

It was the Solstice Night.  In the Past we have always made our own beeswax candle to burn (inspired by the Kids at Lucas' preschool the last two years) as we read The Shortest Day.  This year, we took it up a notch and planned a fire, with a candle and story.  We thought, Mother nature was going to make other plans as it poured and was windy all day (we even lost power for about 4 hours), but in the end it cleared, we had our fire and candle, Trevor even opted to read the story.  We wrote all our "bad stuff "  from the last year down on pieces of paper and burned them.  It was fun and we'll look forward to continuing this little ritual for years to come.