Our Tree

Well, last year we got a permit to go cut our tree from the forest. And even with a lot of doctoring and decorating, it never really looked like a Christmas tree. Plus it was so dog-gone fresh we didn't even get to enjoy the not-quite-so-fresh pine scent. So this year we went to the local Christmas tree lot and bought one right off the asphalt it was standing on. We didn't need an axe or a chainsaw or anything! The kids had fun running up and down the aisles of trees saying

"I'm lost in the forest, pleeeease come find me!" Plus, if they had stopped running they would have noticed it was only 34 degrees out.

We picked out "the perfect tree" and they tied it to the top of the car. We have never tied a tree to the top of a car before,

so it seemed appropriate to take another picture.

As an added benefit, we unknowingly choose a type of tree that I am not allergic to. So by the time I got the lights on, and we had all the decorations on, my hands and arms were not swollen like there had been a beehive in the tree. It was so wonderful. Digging Badger put the star on top .

We all stood back and enjoyed the ambiance that only a lit up Christmas tree can bring to a room.