After Anna's baptism we went with the grandparents to get a Christmas tree. We went to a local Christmas tree farm to cut our own tree. It's the same farm we went to when we lived in Monterey ten years ago. Wow, has it been ten years? The trees that grow here are pines (vs. firs that grow in Oregon) so they have those long needles.
We had a little trouble finding the perfect tree. Here's Anna getting a ride.
Anna found many trees she loved.
Including some Charlie Brown trees.
Emma running through the trees.
Grant and John finding some tree pieces.
After an exhaustive search Scott found an acceptable tree.
Here are the kids by the tree.
The family. Scott and I were too tall to stay in the shadows.
Everyone takes turns cutting down the tree.
Here's Matthew having a go.
Anna having a turn
Emma getting ready for her turn cutting the tree
Pa2 had to show us all how it was done.
Scott and Pa2 are the kings of tree finding. :)
We got our tree cut down and on the cart.
While they got the tree squared away the kids and I went on a small train ride around the farm. Grant, John and Anna sat in the back of the train and Matthew, Emma and I were in the front. When the man came to collect their tickets they told him to go ask the "orange mom" in the front of the train.
Here I am. The orange mom. I guess it was the shirt.
Matthew on the train in front of me.
Back at home Scott and Scott blow the dead needles out of the tree.
And the tree up in the house. It's just the right size.
Scott watering our decorated tree.
I really don't like our tree topper. We have had this one for years - I think I even had this since before Scott and I were married and I wanted to trade up for one that lights up.
So this week I finally got a new one.
The tree is decorated. All is well.
And here's a bonus photo of our tree ten years ago in Monterey. This one looks like it has shorter needles, but we did cut this one down at the same farm in Morgan Hill. Mysterious! And there is that same tree topper that I hate! Also I see all the glass ball ornaments we used to have are long gone. I think we broke the last of them in Colorado several years back. Now we have sturdier plastic ones. Unbreakable. Merry Christmas!
1 comment:
Fun Christmas tree hunting! That's smart to use a leaf blower to clean out the tree. Ours have come out of the woods and they are more sparse, so we look through it and check for beasties. We just upgraded our tree topper too! I had made a paper star a few years ago and we have been looking for one that lights up that doesn't look too tacky (or is too expensive). Dana found one he liked - and it twinkles (which thing I would never think he would find acceptable). But now we have a tree topper!
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