Sunday, November 27, 2011

Christmas Tree Cutting

Yesterday we headed up to the mountains to cut down our Christmas tree.  We always have such a great time, so this year we decided to invite a big group of friends and make a day of it with everyone.  Of course this year ended up being so much colder than it has any other year, but it was still nice having our friends to tree-hunt with and tailgate with after our trees were cut down.  Here are the pictures of our day:

Belle giving George a big "hello" hug.


With Katy and Mac.

Belle and George making their way through the forest.

George really wanted to help carry the saw.  As the model parents that we are, we obliged (it had a cover on it!).


George found a nice icy patch of snow that he turned into a slide.


Ryan joined in on the fun.


With our 2011 tree!

Gus and Laura - both so happy!

Enjoying the tailgating.
 After the tree was cut down, we headed to the fire house again to check out the trucks and talk to Santa.
 George was terrified of Santa at first and I had to sit with him, but once he started talking about the fire house he wants for Christmas, he wouldn't stop talking.

It was a lot of fun and a good way to end a busy week.  We'll get the tree up and decorated later this week and start preparing for a month of fun holiday celebrating!

1 comment:

THE MERCIER'S said...

We had so much fun cutting our tree with you guys! Thanks for inviting us! I love your family picture by the tree. My attempt at setting up the camera for a shot like that was a big failure :) Enjoy decorating the tree and we'll have to get together to do a holiday craft/treat with the kids!