December 6th, 2009 by jim Posted in Christmas, Family, Winter
This weekend officially marked the beginning of the Christmas season for the Kriz home. We took our annual trip to Dirr Nurseries to cut down our tree on Saturday. This is the 6th year we’ve gone there, it’s become quite a nice tradition. Lukas enjoyed it, especially getting to feed the goats and sheep. He was a little too young last year, but this year, we had a hard time getting him back to the car.
After we got home from the Christmas tree farm, we started decorating the house, putting up the lights, etc. We had a to do a little yard cleanup, to get rid of the last of the leaves (finally) before putting lights on the bushes and trees. Lukas “helped” with that – he took his rake and pushed a pile of leaves into the street, and then when I raked them back up, he decided to play in them. What a nut. He’s so much fun now though.
Then on Sunday, we decorated the tree (including Lukas’ little tree), and finished up the rest of the decorating. I really can’t stand winter, but Christmas is probably my favorite time of year in spite of that. I just love looking at all the lights and decorations – it is well worth the time and effort to get it all done. And our boy is beside himself with all this stuff in our house and all around. I love watching him take it all in with huge eyes and lots of statements like “Wow, look at that daddy! Look at all those lights!” or “Look, there’s a star, and another star, and a snowman!”
This is going to be a great Christmas!
Found our tree, time to saw it down
Hauling the tree to the 4-wheel-drive sleigh
Lukas loved feeding the goats & sheep
Playing around in a small leaf pile
Some "garland" with cars, trucks, and planes on it
Putting the garland on the tree (It was kind of clumped on there, so we fixed it later…)
Our home, decorated, and "blanketed" in the first snowfall of the year – all 1/8 inch of it 
Oh, what fun and all recorded for memories!
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