Christmas Time

Well, I seemed to have missed Thanksgiving, as well as our trip to Florida, and all of the other events that seem to be quickly passing us by.  However, I was not going to miss this! 

Since as long as I can remember, I have ALWAYS wanted to go cut my own Christmas tree. Last year, we just wanted to get the tree up, thank goodness we did, since someone decided to grace us with his presence a little early, but this year we were doing it right!!  That means going out in the cold and chopping that oh-so-perfect tree down!  We had to get all bundled up as it was rather chilly outside.  Yes, all you Floridians! It was actually cold! As in just over freezing, C-O-L-D!

  This is just a small portion of all of the trees we had to choose from…

I was so happy it snowed the night before.  It couldn’t have looked more beautiful.  If you thought it was difficult to choose a tree in a tree lot at Lowe’s, you haven’t seen this place!  There were so many trees!  Big ones, small ones, fat ones, skinny ones, Charlie Brown ones…

We probably walked around these 5 lots for a god 45 minutes before we found THE TREE!  It was standing all by it’s lonesome.

 

Casey knocked all of the snow off before I could get a picture, but here he is sawing it down.  It is full on all sides, and HUGE!  Casey was very excited that we found such a great tree.  Real Christmas trees are very important in this household.  It puts us right in the holiday spirit.  I’m so happy that we were able to take our little one this year.  As much as I would love to live closer to family, this is one perk I am a little reluctant to give up!  We attempted to get some pictures of T-Man, but he wasn’t very cooperative, as he was in a little bit of a “mommy” mood.

 

As our tree was getting bundled up and trimmed, we took a ride on the pony!  That’s right, there was a pony at this farm, and Taylor LOVED it.  He wasn’t in the best of moods, but once he sat on that pony, he was all smiles.  I wish we captured it on video, but he was laughing the whole time, probably one of my favorite moments with him.

 

Excuse my pointing in this one, but his face was too precious! 

 

I hope everyone is staying warm, and enjoying the start of the holiday season.  It may be a little while before we are all together again, but we are making the best of where we are!

 

Happy Holiday Season!!