Advent and fresh fish

I'm not sure if yesterday was the first day of Advent or the second. But for us it was the first. Without making a big deal of it Simon and I planned a nice meal, a little discussion time about the meaning of Christmas and of course lighting the Advent candle. We had an Advent calendar making session and in general the whole evening caused a great deal of excitement. Cai said "I didn't know we were going to have this big party!" It was a special family time. We had an interesting discussion about how important Christ is to us, with each person sharing their thoughts. We've never had family Advent preparations before so it was extra special. After supper had been cleaned up nobody wanted to turn on the lights (candles were burning nicely) or even leave the room. We got a photo album out and continued to enjoy our family.

Today, Cai and Keanan and the neighbour boys caught some river trout for supper. What a shock to be faced with 5 whole fish complete with insides. Cai helped immensely in the gutting and cleaning (despite a queasy stomach, he thought the guts were cool.) I'm not sure how we pulled it off but somehow we had a lovely trout and pasta dinner. It gave me an interesting perspective to eat fish that I had prepared from the scales in.

Tomorrow our truck should be ready! At least the latest we heard is that it will be, provided there were no glitches in the final check today. Now there's just the final bill....