good times, good times...

Well the wonder of the holiday season has arrived. Do you fell the nip in the air? It went below 75! Yes! Well, the DiStefano's had a great Thanksgiving day. Food, Fun, Fellowship, Family, Friends, Fake pumpkins(Heather's lovin the alliteration). Dad, Mom and the Palacios joined our existing quintet and had a blast. DJ loved playing with the Roomba(a robotic vacum) and Andy is now the youngest officially licensed pool cleaner! Sharon lee did an exceptional job on the preparation of the many culinary delights. My Fav this year was the stuffing. Sharon's Mom, Nancy gave her the recipe-wow-this stuffin made you wanna slap your grandma(thanks Dan!). Everybody got their fill. Even Pedi(our 14lb dachsund) scored a leftover turkey sandwich that one of the girls left on one of the end tables for about 27 seconds! Good times, good times.

Another cool day was yesterday, black Friday(cue the Clint Eastwood music). This is our day to go get the tree. All 5 of us piled into the Dodge Ram. I think the last time we were all together was the same trip a year prior! Drove all over creation because we couldn't decide where to get the tree, many opinions in the truck. Then we finally settled on the place closet to our house. Good times, good times! We carefully inspected the 71/2 to 8 ft trees and decieded on a beautiflul 8 ft green one! The giries helped set it up. Brit and Jen got on the floor to tigthen up the screws of the tree stand and Sharon and Lauren inspected to make sure it was exactly centered. Yours truly, of course, was holding up the tree, being the manly man that I am. It truly is a 5 person job!

It is nice that the holidays are here. If you haven't already thought about your traditions for this season-do it now. The time slips by faster than you think and you're left with vague memories when you should be left with good times, good times.