Christmas Tree Hunting!

It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without tromping through a cold forest looking for that ever elusive perfect Christmas tree. This year he was even further from perfect having the cutest little crook in his otherwise straight trunk. There was a gaping bare spot toward the top where you would think branches should have been (at least larger ones), but over all I would take the hours spent searching the woods over to find a "Charlie Brown Christmas tree" than take the best farm grown, machine chopped, designer trimmed tree that Home Depot or Walmart can ship in.

He's a winner!

This year we (Dan, Amanda and I) had to get three trees, yes...

1 ............... 2 .............. 3

First, for Dan and Amanda, second, for Dad and Aunt Louise, and the third, for Amanda's Mom and Dad. It took awhile, we went up past Springerville were we found some snow, then the snow found us. It started coming down right when we were leaving, but we had already played till our hands were frozen! We even made a snowman, which was fitting, because Kai called all snow 'snowman' (or ice cream, and I'm sure he liked the flavor because he ate enough of it!)