Getting in the Festive Spirit...

Kyle and I have been busy over the last week getting in the Christmas spirit by moving to a new flat and dressing up as Santa...not sure how the two go together? They don't really, but that was our weekend. We have been having issues with our flat in the past month (aside from the obvious issue of space) Mildew...a little while ago I noticed a lovely black and white substance growing on our bedroom wall- nasty! Long story short, we were able to get our landlord to agree to let us out of our lease for health reasons and the Lord has provided (Jehovah Jirah!). We moved in on Saturday to our much nicer and more spacious flat in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh. Here are some pictures of our new pad:

Entry Way

Living Room

Master Bedroom

Kitchen

Hallway

Possibly the greatest feature of our new flat is the laundry drying rack. To save space and utilize the high ceilings they have installed a pulley system to hang wet clothes. Check it out!


To celebrate our move, we went out on Saturday night to the Christmas Market. The market has a ferris wheel, swings, slides, ice skating, bumper cars on ice and tons of booths with traditional Scottish and German fare.

Now for the dressing up as Santa part. Every year Edinburgh has a charity walk called the Santa Stroll where you get a Santa costume as part of your entry fee. We went with a group of people from my work. After we all got our Santa gear on, we went for a leisurely stroll around Princes Street Gardens serenaded by bag piping Santas. Even Deacon got to wear a Santa costume and got 'oohed and ahhed' at as we walked around. He was quite the hit in his red cape!





This week is Kyle's last week of final's and then my parents and younger brother arrive on Friday to spend the week with us! We'll post some updates while they're in town.

-Stacie