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Monday, December 29, 2008

Getting Our Christmas Tree

Every year my friend, Monica and I take kids and go get our Christmas trees together. We usually go after school and hurry to get our trees before it gets dark. This year our friend, Kelli, told us about a great place out near Estacada that had Douglas Fir trees for $8! It just worked out that we could go after basketball games on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The biggest shock--Quinn and Scott went with us!
Here's the place. I didn't think to snap a photo on the way in, so I quickly took a picture through the car window as we waited to turn onto the main road!


Scott and Tanner helped look for a Christmas tree or maybe they just goofed around together!

Grandma looking for just the right small tree.

Scott, Quinn, Taryn, and Macey all helped cut down our Christmas trees. Taryn and Macey helped carry them to the car.

We got our tree baled (a first). It sure made it easier to put the tree in the tree stand. Proof that Quinn did come!

Our photo tradition--a picture of the kids with the trees in the car!

I always have to take an "artsy" shot. Here's a close up picture of the saws. After loading our trees in the car, we had hot chocolate and candy canes. It was a great outing!