While our Ontario family had their big family gathering today, we had our West Coast 'family' gathering here. All in all, 51 friends came over a period of 5 hours and shared food, drink, laughs and fun with us. This is honestly one of our favourite family traditions in Advent. It is purposely set up as a casual drop in time where we provide snacks and drinks and folks are free to bring food to share. Thankfully the rain held off and the kids were able to jump on the trampoline and play basketball and football outside with the occasional forage for food.
One of my greatest pleasures is seeing friends so comfortable in our space that they happily rummage through cupboards to find what they need, chat with whoever is near and have their kids run wild. Seems to me that I need nothing else this Advent season that just this gift of friends, family and community.
Thanks to all that came!
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