Man vs. Tree

Up until now we have not braved a tree farm with the girls.  This year, since the girls are older, we decided to start the tradition of picking out...and cutting down...our own tree.  We. Had. A. Blast!  It was cold, but it wasn't snowing and the sun was shining.  We had to drive all the way to Timbucktu Timbuk Farms in Granville, but it was worth it!  When we got there, we decided to go with a Canaan Fir.  So we picked out the sharpest saw we could find and headed for the field.

 

The girls, especially Aly, were really into finding the 'perfect' tree.  We looked at several, but none of them fit our standards. They all seemed to have some kind of defect: bare spots, brown needles, too short, too tall, etc.

 

Then, like a sign from above we turned around and saw THE tree.  It was like something out of a movie.  The sun was shining right on it and it was, almost, in a clearing.

We agreed on the tree (We actually went with the tree next to it because we thought that one might be too tall.) and Dan went to work with the rusty trusty saw :)

 

Timber!

 

Pure triumph.

 

While they processed our tree and we warmed up, the girls each picked out an ornament...both chose cheerleaders. Shocking. We got a few pictures and then went on a bus ride all around the farm to see the different varieties of trees. 

 The beginning of a new holiday tradition:

 

We drove from the tree farm to Creekside for the Holiday Lights Festival and the tree lighting ceremony with The Gibsons.  It was pretty uneventful, but fun to hang out with our BFF's ;)  Hannah was TERRIFIED of Santa and the Mrs.  Aly wasn't to keen on the idea of 'Santa's lap', but she eventually took a gift from Mrs. Claus.  I think it will be a few more years before we have an successful pictures with them!