Christmas Tree Hunting

Friday night, just before dark, we decided to get a Christmas Tree. The farm where we were going to get the Christmas tree closes at dark, but we thought we might be able to get there in time to get one. We knew that we were going to have a busy weekend, so we wanted to go ahead and get the tree. We should have known it wasn't a good idea when the kids were sound asleep by the time we got to the farm, which is only about 10 minutes from our house. So, we got there in time that they let us in. It was really dark and they didn't have any more lanterns, so we were picking out the tree in the dark. We had only the flash from the camera, and little LED lights on our cell phone. But we found this beautiful tree. Anna held the 2 cell phones with their little lights while Joey cut down the tree. Then we had some free apple cider while they trimmed the bottom of the tree and wrapped it and Joey put it in the car. It isn't really obvious in this picture, but Will was bundled up like the kid on A Christmas Story, waddling around at the Christmas tree farm.

When we got home, we put the Christmas tree in the stand and realized that it probably isn't a good idea to pick out a Christmas tree in the dark. And, yes, the bottom of the trunk is straight in the stand.