A Hunting We Will Go!

This years tree-hunting experience was great, simply because we all actually went! Last year, Teag was out of town, and I was sick and miserable, so only Dany and Rory got to participate. It was lovely to have the whole family there again. Our usual spot had too much snow for us to park, so we drove up the rode a bit, and found a spot that had some pretty awesome sledding accommodations.

Maisie was nice enough to try and help Finny up the hill.

But resorted to dragging him, when he couldn't make it himself.

Teag and I took off to go find our Christmas Beauty, not realizing that the closest trees were entirely the wrong kind for cutting down. We slogged through at least a mile of knee-deep snow, passing up a few possible candidates in order to find something "better". We finally found the one, and Teag got to work sawing her down.

I think that may have been where the fun ended, at least for a little while. Carrying 100 lbs of tree back through all that deep snow quickly became a Herculean task, and it took us over an hour to go that same mile. I know both of us were wishing we'd stuck with the closer trees. Carrying the tree became so cumbersome, that Teag could barely even see where he was going, as this next picture illustrates.

Teag remained in good spirits though, and was a serious trooper. After getting the tree home, he had to shower and get ready to go pick up his boss in Oklahoma; which involved a very late flight, and a two hour car ride back to Woodward, OK. The things he does for his family!

A few days later, the lights were hung, and it was time to decorate! We try and make the kids go slowly, and talk a little about the story associated with each ornament, but it gets a little hectic at times. Still, it was something both Teag and I did in our families as kids, so we persevere.

And as our kids are a bunch of hyper weirdos after any activities like this, the following is about the best we could get as far as a family picture.

The tree looks lovely, and we've already enjoyed it so much. Merry Christmas!