The Annual Tree Hunt

We headed up the mountain on Saturday to get our tree. We stopped a third of the way up the mountain as we just had the van. It was also very foggy and we weren't sure the conditions were going to be very good for very long so we hopped out and started hiking down the road to find the perfect tree!

Brook still loves playing in the snow. She still chases snowballs deep into the piles of snow and then will find sticks to flop at you until you throw them. She then romps through the snow to find the sticks.

Dave finds a tree that he likes! We all trudged up the hill to check it out.

Even though its needles are a little longer than I usually prefer, it is a pretty tree and because it was growing up against these rocks, it was nice and full.

And the girls enjoyed the built-in slide on the rocks!

Ella loves to eat the snow!!!

Meg and Ella were very helpful in hauling the tree back up to the van. Jack and I went the long way around, back the way we came, to pick up the sled.

Our van with Steamboat Rock in the background and tree successfully loaded on top! I think I'll send this photo to Honda - maybe they can use it for some marketing this Christmas season -- well except that they'd have to PhotoShop it to make the van all sparkling and clean!