We were planning on going to get our Christmas tree on Saturday but the forecast early in the week wasn’t looking too good – highs only in the single digits by the end of the week through the weekend is not the type of weather I want to be searching for a tree in with two little boys. We made a last minute change of plans & headed out on Tuesday night when I got home from work.
It was a race against the clock since there isn’t much sunlight after 4 PM this time of year. It had also been snowing all day, so we knew there would be some snow-shaking involved in our hunt.
We’ve made it a tradition, since Cory & I have moved out on our own, to go to a local cut-your-own farm and I’m so excited to continue this tradition with the boys.
The temps were in the 30s and it was still snowing when we arrived but we were all bundled up in our snow gear & ready to hit the rows of trees. We found one we liked fairly quickly but it was also getting dark pretty quick too so we decided it was “the one” & cut it down. Both boys helped Cory do a little cutting but when they weren’t cutting, they were playing in the snow & throwing snow balls – mostly at Mommy.
After getting the tree loaded in the truck, we went into the warming house to pay for it & to get some hot chocolate and cookies/candy canes. Colton LOVES hot chocolate & had 2 cups! Wyatt had passed on hot chocolate the weekend before at the race but I talked him into taking a sip at the tree farm where he found out that he really did like hot chocolate and proceeded to have a cup himself
We brought the tree in the house the following day, put the lights on it Friday night & decorated the rest of it last night (pictures of that to come!). I love the smell of fresh pine in the house this time of year! We also put up the rest of the decorations in the house, so it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
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| On the hunt... |
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| Found it - Colton helping Daddy. |
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| Colton & Mommy! |
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| Wyatt helping. |
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| Trimming a little off the bottom. |
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| Tree is down...thanks to these three! |
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| Love. |
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| Dragging it to the truck... |
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