It seems a little strange starting Advent when it is 80 degrees out! However, within the home and within are hearts, we are working hard to get a good start to this Advent. We have put up our Advent Calendar. We lit our purple candle for the first time tonight. I was grateful that Button didn't cry when we sang O Come O Come Emmanuel. A year ago, every time we sang it he got teared up. He was about 16 months. I guess due to the solemn tone of it. This year he was a little serious, but got through it fine. Before night prayers, we reviewed some sacrifices, fasting and good deeds that we are going to do tomorrow.
