Dec. 23rd & 24th - Pre-Chistmas Preparations

This entry will be our first combined entry, as these two days followed a very similar pattern: get up, eat breakfast, get in the hot tub, go swimming, eat lunch, and then go into town, shop for Chirstmas presents and food, come back home, maybe some more swimming or hottubbing, maybe some reading or playing games, then get ready for dinner.

A rough life, I know, but somehow we made it work. One notable event concerns Christmas Eve dinner, where we went into town to enjoy Fondue at a very homey Swiss Chalet. It was run by a very nice family (they had two little girls running around who ended up playing with Bryce), and an elderly man pulled out an accordian and sereneded us with Christmas songs with with enjoyed a cheese course (with bread, cooked potatoes, and sausage), then a beef course (with 6 sauces), and finally a chocolate course (with apples, bananas, and oranges).

It was all quite delicious, and the entire meal took about 3 hours from start to finish. We get home after midnight, and of course Santas little elves still have to perform their magic to get ready for Christmas morning, so after some frantic wrapping, we enjoy a Bailey's nightcap and hit the hay for the big day to follow.