Faith Adventures: White Christmas

“Walking in a Winter Wonderland”…seriously! I arrived into Tacoma on the evening of Dec 16th. I had an ok flight from the UK (which by the way was an unbelivable stop over-seeing so many dear friends!!!), stuck in a middle seat, but wept my way through the classic It’s a Wonderful Life! I was expecting to see my parents at the airport, but the surprise was they brought my nephew Jonathan along with them! I was met with a huge hug and kiss from him…and a melted heart at the realization that he hadn’t forgotten about Aunt Bryna from "Afrikka" !!! I guess he had been waiting for days for my arrival and when my parents said they were going to the airport to pick me up…he cried saying he wanted to go too (ahhhh!). He is the same little guy I left but has such an extensive vocabulary now…we sang Christmas carols the whole ride back home. The exciting part too was that snow was on the ground once I landed, not a lot at this point but enough to make me smile. That night we had a supper with both my sisters and their families…so fun and natural to be together again!

Well, it’s now been a week and a half since I have been back (it truly goes fast)…we still have snow on the grown but its beginning to melt a bit. A few days after I arrived we got about a foot of snow (!)…quieting the city down and causing us to be home bound for a few days. Once we were able to drive a car we had to park it on the top of my parent’s road…as the hill down was too snowy and icy to drive on…this meant at least a ten minute walk up or down hill on ice, whenever you wanted to go anywhere…good exercise!!! Most of my days have been spent sitting in front of the fire…next to the lighted Christmas tree, listening to Christmas music, reading my parents (many!) Christmas cards, watching Christmas movies, looking at travel pictures…and dreaming about the future. It is so good being back with family. I have seen a few close friends so far, but at this point have kept my visit pretty low key until the holidays are over. At the beginning of January I will be travelling to Arizona with my father to see my Dad’s parents who are there for 4 months…a huge gift! I will also travel a bit around the state too seeing various friends and getting time with those that I love.

Hope the pictures below give you a taste of what I have been up to…

Love you all and those in Cape Town I ammissing you and looking forward to seeing you in January…I will try and write more soon!!!

Love, Bryna