We woke up this morning to what can only be described as a work of awe-inspiring art. With ten inches of new snow over Christmas Eve, then rising temperatures that reached above freezing yesterday but plummeted during the night, everything within sight that was beautiful when we went to sleep, was now jaw-dropping gorgeous, with layers of frost mixed in with the new-fallen snow that was still stubbornly clinging to to the surfaces upon which it landed on Christmas Eve. It reminded me of the descriptions of winter in C.S. Lewis's Narnia book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
The cousins enjoyed a morning of playing in the snow and sledding behind the tractor before we headed the Wrede's in Cedar Falls.
Kris and her kids met us at the Wrede's (Brad had to work all day), and our three families collaborated on a six-course Asian feast. Getting together with the Hunters and Wredes is an annual post-Christmas event; however, this was the first year we decided to cook our own meal instead of going out. We spent the afternoon chopping, slicing and dicing, and eating ourselves silly. What fun! The only problem? I was so busy cooking and supervising, I neglected to record our event for posterity (or at least my blog), with the exception of the potstickers:
Such fun!
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