Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Christmas tree hunt and decorating 2019

The week before Thanksgiving, we made our annual trek to cut down our Christmas tree. This year, we actually went and scouted out some trees in the fall. It proved to be a good thing because our window of time on the day we went was pretty short. We had to wait to leave until after Jackson and Bode's basketball games. It ended up working out great and being such a fun day. Maybe the best yet!  I always look forward to this day so much. It's one of my favorite traditions. 

We drove back to a spot we had marked on google maps. With the snow, things looked a little bit different so it still took us a little bit to find the trees we had checked out before. We scouted around for a bit, and decided we still liked the tree we found before the best.

Ours is the one on the front, right. Hard to see, but there are actually three threes in this picture all grouped together. 




We were happy there was enough snow for some sledding and snow angels! It was such a beautiful afternoon.








Charlie came with us and had so much fun running through the snow! He kept racing back and forth and seemed to be having the time of his life. 





The kids had fun sledding behind the car. There was one point where Jackson and Bode bailed just in time to escape being drug through a giant muddy puddle that was covered by snow!








The tree was just about the perfect height. We ended up cutting off maybe 2-3 feet when we got home. We decorated the tree the Sunday after we got back from Thanksgiving in Idaho Falls. The kids each got their new Christmas pajamas and were excited to hang the new ornaments they picked out this year.






I was excited to hang this cute ornament Sean and I bought in Riqueweihr, France on our big trip a few months prior. We also put out our new nativity we bought also. 





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