The Christmas Tree

Okay, guys lets go find a tree...

Gee, there sure are a lot of trees out here...

We like this one!

YEAH!!!!!

Dear God, please let this one be easy...

Whew! glad that's over...

Let's get this thing out of here!

twin help rocks!

Rewind four years to the first year we lived here. We thought we should do this "cut your own" Christmas tree thing...we had no idea what we were doing! It took us forever to find one we liked, it was at the FAR END of the farm, Rick was not dressed appropriately (big shock), the tree was extremely unhappy about being cut down and threw a fit, it took Rick forever to get it down and the old rickety saw supplied by the farm was not helping. It was, of course, COLD and being that it was taking so long the kids started to freeze and wanted to go. We couldn't leave Rick alone to finish the job since he looked like he was about to pass out at any moment. And then after it was finally free we had to drag it out...it was HEAVY! Let's just say it was not a pleasant experience. So, the next year we dressed better, brought our own saw, and a sled to pull the kids and/or tree. After arriving at the tree farm we saw the rows of ones already cut and decided to take a look...bingo, we found the perfect tree, paid for it and left in record time and everyone was happy! Now for today, we headed to the already picked area and didn't like any of them...Rick got that terrified "deer in a headlight" look and we headed out to cut one. We found one right by the entrance, it cut very easily and we were out of there...we have one happy dad in this house and an awesome tree that the kids love because they got to pick it out!