Caring Christmas Trees

That's right, Christmas Trees that care.

 Well, sort of. 

It's more that you buying them shows that you are caring.

The homeless charity that my husband works for run their Caring Christmas trees project every year. All of the profits from every tree sold goes to help the homeless. The trees cost no more than you would pay in a garden centre for a fresh, sustainable tree and you get the warm glow of knowing you have done at least a little bit to help out this winter. You can read all about Caring Christmas trees here.

On Saturday David (7) went with daddy to pick out the tree. He took his responsibility seriously and is really proud of the tree he has chosen.

When we heard the car return, Alasdair (3) went running to the door full of excitement to see the tree.

(That's a perfect circle of ice that David found somewhere, sitting beside the tree. Last week's snowfall turned to solid ice by the weekend!)

We left the tree to dry off a bit and settle into position and Alasdair decided to get his tools out and measure it! 

In the evening we got the box of decorations down from the attic and each of the boys was excited to rediscover what was inside.

They each hung their own special ornaments as they do every year.

I love the cosy glow once the tree and the rest of the decorations are up.

I don't like taking tree close up photos with the flash on, but I had to take this one just to show you how lush and green the tree is!

Looking at our tree, with all of it's special ornaments, reminds me of how blessed we are. Knowing the charity behind the trees and the people they are trying to help makes me feel doubly so. It's important for the boys to know that too and to realise how fortunate we are.

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Super {busy} Saturday

On Saturday it was the annual sponsored walk organised by the homeless charity my husband works for. This year the walk was across the Forth Road bridge, the main route north out of Edinburgh.

You can see the bridge stretching across the background in this photo below.

Right beside the road bridge is the iconic Forth Rail Bridge. Opened in 1890 it is famous for having a never-ending paint job. once the painters reached one end it was time to start all over again from the other side. Only, not any more. Within the last couple of years they finished painting it with a special paint that won't need re-doing for some time.

Anyway, I digress.

The road bridge is fairly high up and despite their being no wind on street level, once we were up on the bridge it was a bit breezy.

The traffic on the bridge is constant. And we were surpised at how much of a sway there was on the bridge too - especially when a lorry or two passed!

On the north side of the bridge is North Queensferry, a pretty little village.

Snacks at the halfway point.

The sponsored walk took us across the bridge and then all the way back across to where we had started. 3.5 miles in total.

When we reached the start point there were refreshments to revitalise everyone!

As if that wasn't enough to fit into a Saturday, once we got back home, mid afternoon, we popped across to our neighbours' for a little while as they were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.

Then in the evening my parents in law came through to look after the boys while my beloved and I went to a wedding reception. To get to the wedding we had to drive across the same bridge we had walked over earlier!

We were more than ready for our beds when we got home that night!

The great thing is that we reached our fundraising target for the walk. Every penny goes to help those who don't have that welcoming bed and roof over their heads that we do.

www.bethanychristiantrust.com

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