A story about a Tree

Traditionally as a family we like to bundle up and go in search of the perfect Christmas tree. We usually start off with a yummy breakfast, and than head out. This year we had to make a few stops before going up to Greenbluff, and the stops took a little longer than we expected. So by the time we were heading up to Greenbluff it was lunch time and of course in my excitement I forgot to bring the appropriate amount of snacks along. I kept thinking Must Press On..

We kept going up the hill, and I had this great idea to look around at the other tree farms to see if anyone else had better trees than our normal spot. We probably drove around for an hour looking at farms from our window not sure if we want to commit to a spot. Finally we ended up at our usual spot, and off we go. Sierra graps the tree cart, and everyone follows Daddy who is carrying the saw. Aaliyah begins to wander off looking at the various trees, while sierra is focused and on task, and Benjamin finds a long stick, claims it as his sword and begins to knock the ice off the trees he passes. Every time he hits the tree he loudly says "YESSSS, I got it. "

Sierra walks up to the very first tree that we stop at, proclaims that this was the tree, and expectantly waits for daddy to cut the tree down. What can i say she is focused. !! I tell her that I want to look around, and proceed to walk away, and wonder between the trees. Everyone had fun pointing out the trees they like, and eventually we chose the best tree, or so we thought.

So Daddy went right to work cutting our tree down, while the kids and I took that opportunity to take some photos. Those three silly kids are never all looking, and smiling at the camera at the same time. But we managed to capture a bit of the moment, and than we were off to have our tree shaken, not stirred. Finally we end out journey with Hot Cocoa, and Candy Canes.

Because i am allergic to evergreens I don't touch the tree without gloves on, and Jesse was so focused that he had gloves on as well, which is why we didn't find out that our new christmas tree had really, really, really sharp needles. Ouch!!