O Christmas Tree

The first Saturday in December we headed out shortly after breakfast, in search of this year’s Christmas tree. We went to a local, family “cut-your-own-tree” farm that Cory & I have been going to every year since we moved into our first apartment. This was the first year the boys were really excited to go & help in the search to find our “perfect” tree. (Wyatt told us on the way there that he wanted a ‘tiny’ tree – but we talked him into a big one instead!) We also ran into grandpa & grandma (my parents) while we were there; picking out their tree. The boys were on the hunt and followed daddy back & forth between rows of pine trees (they can actually walk & move in their snow gear this year – last year they acted like big marshmallows, stuck in one spot). We didn’t drag the search out but we did spend a little time looking and choosing just the right one for our house. After Cory cut down “the perfect one”, we headed back into the warming shed to pay and warm up with some hot cocoa (somehow this name stuck with the boys instead of hot chocolate…don’t ask me??!!). I think this was the boys’ first taste of hot chocolate & they LOVED it! A fun, family morning and another Christmas tradition we’ll continue for years to come.

Helping daddy search.

Colton & his "Cheese!"

Wyatt had a blast, but I had to capture this face on camera.
He LOVES to make funny faces.

One of our best family pictures yet!
(not the tree we actually picked though)

We found it!

Wyatt, so proud to "help" daddy.

Colton, so proud to "help" daddy.

(Decorating the tree did not happen until this past weekend, but that was because of some dead Christmas light strings that needed to be replaced first.)