Advent Adventures - The Great Christmas Tree Hunt

If you have been around a while,

you know that my family

cuts down our own tree...

year

after

year

after

year.

We have been doing it

since our oldest (now 9)...

so for 10 years!

Whoa!!

We even did it while living in Texas!!

  Seen here: 2011

And here:  2012

As you saw in the last post,

we decided NOT

to hike up to the 

NC Mountains 

for our tree this year

and opted for a local farm.

You also saw,

that we attempted to get our tree

by head-flashlights...

and it did NOT

work!

After the late night

tree hunting was a bust!

We headed back out,

bright and early the next morning...

The Hunters...

 Yes, 

this is the one mommy wanted.

But daddy 

claimed it was too tall.

Ok, daddy,

what about this one?

Nope, he says...

still too tall!

UGH!

I lack the "eye" 

that tells me exactly 

how big trees are. 

They look great in the field,

but the hubs always says they are too big.

So since I have to go short...

I like short and 

FAT!

 Ms Priss stopping to pose for the camera.

 Wild thing

NOT 

stopping to pose for the camera!

Then the ground,

or a blade of grass,

or his feet,

or all of the above...

stopped him.

We finally found our tree!

Then he decided to perch the littles IN the tree!

We did actually break a limb,

good thing we were taking this one home with us.

Then the cutting began!

This is a group deal.

We all take turns,

but daddy usually does 

95% of the work.

We all just really pose for pictures.

Haha!

We got it home,

And into the house...

Then the transportation wrapping came off!

And the decoration wrapping went on!!

That is a FAT tree!!