What a fun week! From seeing the new "Christmas Star", to celebrating our Italian heritage, to Christmas Day, and all the fun in between . . . it's been great!! Monday: As the sun was setting, I drove up into the hills above Idaho Falls with Amber and her family so we could get a nice, unobstructed view of Saturn meeting up with Jupiter.  Turned out that we could see it just as well from our front yard, too! This is the view looking SW up and over the Parkinson's house across the street.  My nephew, Caleb Schwendiman, took this photo while using his friend's telescope. Try clicking on it so you can zoom in to see Saturn's rings.  As I drove back down the hill toward our house, I cranked up my new favorite Christmas song: Silent Night (Lord of My Life) by Lady A (previously Lady Antebellum). It is so pretty with the harmonies!! While keeping my eye on the road and the star at the same time, I felt small and insignificant compared to the entire universe, but si