We decided to experience the hunt for the "perfect" Christmas tree this year. We have always had our free fake tree and decided to venture out with our friends the Histands to find a real tree. We had such a fun time and I highly recommend our new $10 family tradition.
Kelly and I had quite the fun time hiking straight up the mountain, carrying our children, trying to get to what looked like the perfect trees. Well, the trees are quite decieving from far away; they always ended up being bigger and not as perfect as they look from down on the road. While admiring our not so great trees, a couple of forrest rangers recomended we head up a trail where there were supposidly good trees. We took their advice and ended up on a hike with nothing to show for in the end.
Following this excursion the boys took off to hunt some trees down for us. When we recieved word that the boys spotted some "good" trees Kelly and I started our trek back up the mountain with the kids clinging to us. Owen cracked me up because the whole time he kept saying "fall," questioning wether this would be his fate. Well, after going up the mountain and back down a little ravine with kids in tote, the boys were right. We arrived at a patch of trees with a handful of good ones to decided on....that is if we could have decided quickly. Finally, decisions were made and we were heading home with 2 trees in hand. Thanks for the fun time Histands, we look forward to the annual outing next year!
The three unopinionated members of our tree hunt
Aaron cutting down my tree. Blake was still watching the kids at this point. I'm not sure I would have trusted my husband cutting down my tree with the saw
The boys with the "perfect" trees in hand
The cold, proud recipiants of the Christmas trees
Once we got home we decorated the tree and got up the Christmas decorations. Allie just loves this little train set that Blake had when he was a kid. She sat for some time just watching the train go around the tree-so cute!
Our whole day turned out to be a big kickoff to Christmas. Boise Center On The Grove lights up a Christmas Tree every year and Blake and I have been going for the last 4 years. Every year we seem to drag more people down with us. I just love events in the community where we can come together and have a fun time. Who doesn't love standing out in the cold, bundled up next to family, listening to the live band play Christmas carols, singing out load in my off tune voice, and counting down to light up of the tree?
Allie and her Aunts
The weather was so nice this year that so many people ended coming out to the tree lighting. Allie needed a better view of the tree, so she ended up on dad's shoulders
Our yearly family photo....this year we are missing a few things in our picture. 1-The big lit up tree in the background 2-Allie chomping on her binky
2 comments:
oh my goodness, we went to the forest for our "perfect tree" last year. what a trip and it looked like a charlie brown tree - so i sent dave out to the lot to get the prettiest tree he could find. down the road less than 5 min away from our home - much easier this year!
Yeah, this was fun. Thanks for coming along. We will have to keep making it a tradition. Thanks for the fun memories!!!
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