Welcoming the New Year (cottage style)

Our good friends from church invited us to come stay with them at their family's cottage to send out the old year and welcome in the new one. We had visited them at the cottage, which is about an hour away, back in August and loved being there with them. This time the wood fire, the outdoor snowy fun and the home cooked feasting made it a wonderful winter get-away.
We are so thankful for friends who are good companions to our children and to Shane and I. It is a gift to share fellowship with the sweet families God has brought into our lives.  Thank you, Kathleen and Jason for sharing your cottage time with us. And thanks for helping take some of the photos!