Lots of Merriment and Holiday Melodies
by Maija Puddle - December 28th, 2008.Filed under: Holidays.
This Christmas was so special for us as we countdown towards our new arrival, our belated Christmas gift. Even though both of us are oceans apart from our immediate family we were able to join my second cousins’ family for festivities, and what a blessing it was to be around family! We celebrated Finnish style with joulu sauna, and I got to cheer Jonathan on from the sidelines as he dipped himself through the ice to cool off. Of course I couldn’t go in, the baby told me it was not interested in being cooled off.
Its been so nice to be around extended family and friends this holiday. We are now visiting a city just south of our hometown, and catching up with friends. We feel so rich and refreshed surrounded by love and friendship.
