Oh Christmas Tree 2016

We had a great adventure getting our tree this year.

We had 2 wonderful helpers.  We decided to go the day after thanksgiving, it was chilly, but not terrible.  We arrived at Meert's tree farm around 10 and it was already crowded.

We hopped on a wagon and were on our way to finding the "perfect" Christmas tree. 

Once we got to the top of the hill, we remembered what kind of tree we wanted, we were not fans of last year's tree, and began our search.  We may have walked more than we needed to around the tree farm, but we took this as a time to wear the boys out as well. We looked high and low and then we found our tree.  

Scott and the boys dragged the tree all the way back to the tractor/wagon pick up.  We waited for a while and after 2 wagons came and left with no room for us, till we walked to the next stop.  Gabriel was a huge helper cutting down the tree that we let him hold the saw while we waited.  

Once we got back to the starting point, the boys went for a train ride and checked out the train village while I stood in line to pay.  As much as the boys like to see trains and play with them, getting in one for a ride without a parent is a different story.  

   

Cutting down our Christmas tree has been a tradition that I love sharing with our boys, no matter how big or small they are.