On Saturday we made our annual trip off the concrete grid to cut down our Christmas Tree at the nearest tree farm, one hour and 15 minutes away. It was a lot of fun this year with Henry wanting to operate the sawsall. Here is the tree he thought might be best- Sorry, son - you'll be smacking that tree trunk with that stick for a LONG time before it will fall.
Here are the kids in front of the tree we ended up getting:
They also sell wreaths. Hey, what's that in the middle?
We stopped on the way home for a little lunch at a nicely named deli:
And 4 hours later (I had to nurse Maria, make pizza dough, and go buy something to put the tree in since our stand has gone kaput, all before putting on the lights and decorating [both my jobs, every year, and I am totally fine with that]), here we are! Sorry it's a smidge blurry but seriously, using a flash to get a good Christmas tree picture? NAH.
And just so you know, we didn't have to pull it out by the root ball with our station wagon.
5 comments:
Nice job! When I was first married, we did this for a few years. Now i just do not have room for a tree ... but i adore looking at others. Have I ever told you how beautiful those kids are ...
It looks great! Every year we talk about cutting our own tree, and every year we end up paying too much for one that was probably cut by a machine. Maybe next year?
What a beautifully decorated tree!! Lunch at Henry C's - fun!! Looks like WREATH BOY had a great time on this tree expedition!!
Love the pic of the kids with the tree!
We can't even begin to tell you how adorable these two are, like you need to be told in the first place! We're glad that everything came out okay and a vehicle was not needed in the extraction of your Christmas tree. Looking forward to receiving that package, you guys be on the lookout as well in the next week or two!
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