Christmas Kickoff Weekend...

The passing of Conbo's birthday is the official starting gun to the holiday season for us Buzzas. This Saturday, we hopped in the Golf and drove to the Alouette Christmas Tree Farm. This has become our traditional haunt for choosing and cutting down the family tree.
Both of our burly boys helped with the sawing, while Emily played with a couple of really cute puppies. We ran into our friends the Caldwells and had hot chocolate. It was a fun excursion.

It was supposed to be a day of Christmas light adjustments as well, but - aside from stapling a few loose strands - it quickly turned to a clean-the-gutters day instead.

On Sunday, the festivities continued after lunch. CaraLee put up the lights before the kids plastered our tree with every ornament known to man. The angel on top marked the transition from decorating to dining on our "traditional" Christmas fondue. We pigged out on steak, meatballs, chicken and mushrooms before pigging out some more on chocolate fondue! Add to the party a game of Zoofari, (David won... the stinker), and it was a full, fun night.