Light Displays!

Us with friends (and the crowd)!

      On Saturday (the tenth) after a fun Christmas party we went out to see the Luminarie in Kobe.  The city set up a bunch of light displays for the last couple weeks.  There were tons of people and it was easy to get separated as we walked.  Instead of walking the whole length of the displays we came from the end of it and saw the final lights.  It was quite pretty!

Tiffy and Mom (a little dark) =P

   What I thought was even more fun, however, was I got to see the eclipse of moon for the first time ever!  About 9:30 PM as we were leaving the Luminarie we looked up and noticed that the moon was beginning to get smaller!  The left side of it was starting to disappear!  As we walked back to our car we continually glanced up to get an update on the moon.  We were not disappointed.  Each time it was noticeably smaller!  As Mom drove us home we girls would look out the window periodically throughout the hour drive.  It was quite thrilling to see the moon literally disappear before our eyes as the earth, sun, and moon came into alignment.  We were worried that it would be gone by the time we got home and we would miss the final glow disappear, but we pulled into a Lawson's parking lot before 11 PM and watched the last 5-10 minutes.  The bright glow on the lower right side of the moon grew smaller and smaller.  Finally it was gone all together!  It was not completely black, it simply remained a dull brown.  Like a pancake in the sky. =)

    It was so beautiful! And amazing of God to plan such a 'light display' on a night that we'd be up to see it.  Not only that, it was an amazingly clear night, hardly a cloud in the sky.  We could see so many stars!  (I wish I knew my constellations better!)  Thank you God for your timing and the beauty of your creation!

A picture of the moon off the internet.  So pretty!