Christmas Tree

This past weekend we got our Christmas tree. Last year we went to Home Depot to get our tree and it was anticlimatic for me. It didn't seem "Christmasy" enough. So this year we had big plans to go all out and find the perfect tree and chop it down ourselves. We met Sarah and Joe at Smolak Farms on Saturday morning. It was warm and muddy and not a single snowflake to be seen (in my ideal situation it would be snowing and there would be snow on the ground and on the branches of the trees).  We started out across the street, but they weren't the kind of tree that I was looking for (their needles were too thin and flimsy). So we headed back across the street to look at a different kind of tree (i can't remember which was which).  Well I still didn't find my perfect tree. They were all too skinny and wimpy looking. Despite our failure to find a tree to chop down, August had fun running through the trees and we had fun with the camera.  We ended up going to take a look at their precut trees and found our perfect tree.  We probably paid twice as much than we would have at Home Depot, but I was glad we went. We had a good time with the kids and Sarah and Joe. Here are lots of pictures for you to see.

august running through the trees

joe and jon making fun of the trees

Auggie and Aunt Sarah

August and mommy

i love how we are all holding the saw

fell into a tree

sniffing the tree

pretending to cut down a tree to make our trip worth it

sarah and joe

august fell into a random hole in the ground

i love our tree!!!