Fondue and Predictions

 Yes - we decided to do fondue for our evening meal - we had tried it years ago when there were only a couple of little ones and we all loved it!  But as the babies arrived, we knew we had to put fondue on hold until the small ones were old enough to enjoy it and appreciate it!

It is a LOT of work to get ready for fondue!!    I ended up just buying all of the groceries and then we split the cost - there was chopping and dicing and prep work and getting all the fondue stuff dug out of the storage room and taken to Jaime's and just LOTS of planning!  We really had no idea how much "cheese" fondue to make and as it turns out, we made way too much so we have noted that in our file!!  The kids weren't overly impressed with the cheese in which we dipped bread and veggies but they still enjoyed it!

Before we started more prep work, we had the kids do their grab bag gifts - the theme was New Year's Eve and there were some really cute things!

The adults also did their grab bag gift exchange - both the adults and the kids roll the big green dice and do what our chart tells them!  It's always a lot of fun!  Glenn and I ended up with a gift certificate to Texas Roadhouse (love that place!) and 2 new games!  SCORE!!

And finally fondue!!

After the first course of cheese fondue, we dismissed the kids for a while and got the next course ready - steak, shrimp, and oven chicken thighs along with ceasar salad!  It was all delicious!!

We wished we would have had one more table top grill!!  Will keep my eyes open for one!

And last but not least was our chocolate fondue - oh my - the kids LOVED it as much as the adults did!  But we were all SO FULL from the huge meal that none of us ate a lot - that meant leftovers!!

We did our predictions too - because of covid, some of the questions didn't pertain the way they SHOULD have, but we all had to take that in stride!!  I can't believe Glenn and I won this year!!  We haven't won for many years so the $60 will be taken to Mexico and spent on a nice meal - requirements demand that we send a picture to the losers!!!!

Jessi and Gary headed back to Denver yet that night - Evan stayed with Kylan and we took Gwyn, Aleah and Kenzie back to sleep at our house!  The Savages picked up Aleah the next morning before they headed back to Ft. Collins!  What an awesome Christmas spent together!!