Day 7- stars

Sorry for the late post! It's been a busy day. Here's my star! :)

Day 6- Something from where you live/your country

I work at a school of Government at a private University. In our lobby we have several large prints of founding documents. Doesn't get much more American than a document signed by John Adams.  My favorite part of this photo is the reflection off the glass of our lobby. I thought it was pretty neat!

Day 5- Looking Up

This one was a bit of a stretch. It's the view out of the third floor of the building I work in. The building  in the photo is the communications building which houses the theatre. It counts as "looking up" because I'm up, right?

:)

Have a great Wednesday. If your week is going anything like mine, just be thankful that Wednesday mean's it's half-way over. The weekend will be here soon!

Day 4- Black and White

I liked my hair and outfit today. I don't usually do fancy stuff with my hair, but today I felt like curling it. Put a little extra oomph into my day, even though I really didn't want to get out of bed this morning.

Day 3 Photo a Day- Something you Held

Here is something I held this morning, as I was hiding it in the tree!

Do you have a Christmas pickle on your tree? Do you even know what a Christmas pickle is? Here's a handy Wikipedia Article if you need more info on it. Despite what Wikipedia says, I'm pretty sure it *is* a German tradition. We like to make a little game of it here in the Boyce household. I imagine when when have Children someday we will have even more fun with it!

December 2nd- Photo a Day- Peace

Peace:

Isaiah 9:6

English Standard Version (ESV)

⁶ For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

I don't like to use my blog to get on a Faith Soapbox, but that's not really what this entry is about. When I think of "Peace", at this time of year I automatically think of the Manger Scene (which, yes, I realize is not 100% accurate. The Bible never specifies 3 wise men, they show up 2 years later, blah blah blah. I like tradition and symbolism.)

I thought this photo was appropriate for the first weekend in the Advent season. I like to take moments at this time of year to slow down and really think about what Christmas is about. It's easy to get caught up in gift giving, holiday parties, and eating. None of those things are bad, but I like to take time out of all of that and concentrate on what Advent is. This is a time where we reflect on the incarnation of Christ, who came here to live a perfect life and then die for our sins. It's also a time of anticipation, not only because we are celebrating the birth of our savior, but we are anticipating when that savior will come again and put the world right.  I would be happy to talk about this more with you if you would like. But I'll close with another passage. I'd like to copy and paste the whole Christmas passage from Luke, but that would take forever so here's my favorite part:

Luke 2:9-14

English Standard Version (ESV)

⁹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. ¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ¹² And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” ¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest,
    and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

December Photo A Day

So my mom has been doing these "photo a day" things and December's list looked fun. I decided to do it this time around too! With my iPhone and instagram I think I'll be able to manage the commitment to one photo a day. Here is my photo of 8 o'clock:

 

 I didn't even get out of bed before I grabbed my Harry Potter (British English) and read four chapters. It was a glorious way to spend my Saturday (early) morning.