This year I went home for an early Christmas, two weeks early to be exact! Yes, I’m very blessed! Santa makes a special trip just for me! haha. Once I got there, it was relaxation central! I barely left the house thus my recap will not be very extensive. So I’ll catch you up on just the key bits of information.
Taken while driving about in Enosburg Falls. Jay Peak off in the distance.
One of our annual traditions, heck maybe it’s our only tradition, is my mom and I make sugar cookies every year and yes I still leave a couple out for Santa with a note. He writes back, so why not keep doing it!
They’re so pretty! They were also delicious, in case you were wondering!
My parents Christmas tree. For years now, it’s been kind of a running thing that my mom gets a tree that isn’t really as full as you may typically find. I think in high school I hated them, now it’s kind of nice and if it wasn’t there I would probably be a little disappointed. Check it out.
She’s a little bare in some spots. Branches thin and far apart. The ornaments vary, there’s some newer ones and some that are a little older. There’s a lot of history on this tree! Check out the string of popcorn. I’m not sure if you’ve ever strung popcorn but what a pain the in a$$! My brother actually cut this tree down. Apparently he had to climb eight feet up the tree to cut the top down. Vermonters I tell ya!
My brother and his new wife also needed a tree for their apartment. I guess she is a little more particular about what tree she would like so we went out to a tree farm in Bakersfield. Last year this tree farm provided free trees to families with a member in the National Guard who were in the Middle East. Very nice of them, so she wanted to go back. It took us a while to find the right tree, but we did it!
Sawing a tree by hand is a lot harder than you think! I think loading it in the truck was the easiest part! Apparently I had a couple of guys watching me saw the tree down. Now it makes a little sense why some guy said “You did it!” to me when we were leaving!
I went into the town next door to find an ugly Christmas sweater for a party and they were doing visits with Santa and “sleigh” rides (there wasn’t any snow!) across the street – cute!
A HUGE pastime in our house is the game Tuc. My brother and I have been battling this game for as long as I can remember. It all began at our Memere and Pepere’s house and it lives on every time I come home. It’s a card / board game similar to Aggravation. I am proud to say that I am the reigning champion! YAY!
I was also able to visit with a few long time friends and I even got to meet one of their new babies! One and a half month old Alexa! So darn cute. She’s got the chubbiest (cutest) little cheeks. It’s kind of fun to go home and see everyone and being from such a small town you can always point out “what’s new” in a split second.
I guess the other big thing that my mom, Memere and I did was check out the new Jay Peak ski resort. I’ll post more on that in another post. I’ve got lots of pictures to come with it. Stay tuned!