O, Christmas Tree

It's a Guptill family tradition to go pick out a Christmas tree together as a family before Christmas. Christmas trees are a big deal in Oregon. :) This year we waited until everyone could come, which meant only a few days before Christmas. Our family was the latest to arrive in Oregon this year, but everyone still waited for us and we had a great Christmas tree adventure. Here are a few (or many) pictures from our adventures.
Scott and John tried the man size shoe bags to keep the mud off. Kelsie poses as a tree and Jaron pulls the cart for the tree.

Searching for that perfect tree.

Finally a good candidate was found.

The Guptill men size it up with the tree measuring stick (while the kids test the cart's sturdiness). I didn't realize there was so much to finding a good tree, or that a tree had so many body parts. I'm not a native Oregonian, so I don't speak the language, but I'm trying to learn.

We all posed by the tree (the chosen one).
The Campbell's and Grandma, Grandpa and John.

The Scott D. Guptill's and the Kenner's

The Funk's and then the grandchildren!

And the "OG" - the Original Guptill's

And then all of us around the tree!

The ceremonial cutting down of the tree!
Everyone took a turn at it.

Some more tree posing while we waited.

And the tree comes down. All ready to be our family Christmas tree.

Found our perfect tree...now home to decorate it!