Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Our Very First Christmas Tree!!

So Eric and I have been married for almost 4 years and this is the first time we've purchased a tree for Christmas!  I know sad but true and who knows how much longer it would have been if it wasn't for Sharee.  So thanks Sharee for inviting us to go out into the wild with you and your family to chop down our very own Christmas tree! It was a super fun trip and the kids enjoyed playing in the snow while the adults (okay the men) went in search of the perfect Christmas trees.

Here's Lily chasing me around.  Daphne helped her figure out how to make snow balls and she really enjoyed throwing them at me and I wouldn't have mind it had I been wearing snow pants, but sadly I don't own any. They're on my Christmas list. 

 Here's Amber taking her turn to chopped down a tree (Arthur and Eric had disappeared with the saw and all we were left to work with was a hatchet). 


Amber and Mike (Arthur's Brother) next to their Christmas tree!  They worked so hard to get it down and ended up giving it to me and Eric (They ended up needing a smaller tree, one that would fit inside their car for their trip back home).  

All the kiddos (besides Caleb and Sydney) standing next to their art work.

Cheese!

I need to get one of these metal framed backpacks the one I wore that day was not cutting it.  

Playing some more in the snow

Arthur and Eric return triumphant! 

Taaddaa!!

Eric showing off his muscles ;) 



Standing by our tree! 
Doesn't Caleb look huge on me?! Huge but cute, right? Right.

Eric roping down our tree to the top of our car. 


 No matter what setting we had our camera on this is the best picture we could get of our tree with its lights on.  We have since put on the ornaments but we don't own very many because we've never had to decorate a tree until now, so I opted to not post a picture of it with its very few ornaments on because it looks rather bare, but don't worry we plan on purchasing some ornaments when they all go on sale right after Christmas! :)