And so it was. Today we trekked out to our favorite local tree farm and got this years Christmas tree. It was a tough decision on which tree we would take home, but in the end I do believe we made the correct choice. Here are a few pictures we took on our journey.
All the girls are ready to cut down a tree!
Sydney is always the little goofster trying to hide the saw....
Madeline hugging a tree, Kassie petting one, and Sydney staring at them. I don't know which child is crazier! :o)
We found the tree! Now for the fun part... choppy choppy!
The owner of the tree farm was so impressed with us finding such an awesome tree. He was amazed with how good it looked! (They normally pick the best ones and cut them down first to sell at the stands.) He said we got the nicest tree there. (We knew that already, lol.) The last picture is of Andy and the owner checking the rings on the tree to see how old it was. They counted 13, which means our tree is a teenager! :o)
I love how our family always makes something so simple into an awesome adventure.
So that's it! Now, Andy and I both work this whole weekend, so we won't even get the tree decorated until Monday. When we do though, I will surely post the pictures!
Here's the pictures of the girls and Andy making the gingerbread house last week. It was officially eaten today, partly by the dog..... Anyways they really enjoy doing this every year. I'm starting to think Andy likes it more than they do. He's the one who kept pestering me to let them do it. :o)
So Kassie, my little performing artist, had her Christmas concert last night. They sang all the traditional holiday songs, and afterwards they handed out hot cocoa to wash down the goodies they were selling at the bake sale. How quaint. Then after that, Santa Clause came out and all the little boys and girls (who wanted to) got to sit on his lap and tell him 
Lookie what I did! While we won't decorate the tree until Monday, I took the liberty of putting up the stockings and getting a new star for the top of the tree since the old one is done-zo. Oh yeah, I also wrapped a few presents I had already bought. Hee hee. I can't wait for Christmas this year!!!
