A happy day

A candlelight dinner

Dave and I went to a concert at the College of Charleston tonight that was amazing. The College of Charleston's madrigal choir put on a Christmas show and dinner--a Renaissance menu of French pork chops, potatoes, and asparagus. They even served wassail. In addition to the incredible music (hopefully my video above works ok), the students performed a play based on Macbeth that was written by one of the students (the skit even referenced Monty Python, Blazing Saddles, and ended with a tribute to Star Wars). All of the students performing tonight were extremely talented and Dave and I hope to make this an annual tradition.

O Christmas Tree

This past weekend we drove to Savannah to visit with Dave's sister Nancy and her husband Ed. We had a great time as always and it's really cool because Savannah is only about 2 hours from Charleston. We are happy that we live so close to them.

No one loves Christmas more than Nancy. While in Savannah, we went with Nancy and Ed to cut down a Christmas tree. We had a lot of fun and drank warm apple cider. Dave and I aren't putting up a Christmas tree this year because we won't be here for Christmas and all of our Christmas stuff is still packed away, but helping Nancy and Ed get their tree definitely helped put us in the holiday spirit!

Nancy, Ed, and Brady with their tree:

It's Fall, Y'all!

For some strange reason I was worried before we moved down here that seasons wouldn't change in Charleston and that we wouldn't experience my favorite season--fall. I didn't want to miss that crisp November breeze or the golden vibrant hues of leaves changing their colors.

Luckily, all of my worrying was a waste of time (which is usually the case).

While the seasonal change isn't as distinct as what we experience in Virginia, Charleston definitely has a fall. We learned that firsthand yesterday when we raked over 20 trash bags full of FALL LEAVES! It was a beautiful day to rake leaves, but it took us a long time! By the time we finished bagging the leaves it was dark outside. I snapped these two pictures at dusk. Dave and I were pretty wiped out and are very sore this morning. But we actually had fun raking the leaves...probably because in some way we were grateful for them.