One of Daddy's suppliers held a customer appreciation event today at a Christmas tree farm in Basehor, KS. They offered everyone lunch and a free tree!
Going to a tree farm has been on our bucket list of traditional activities, so we jumped at the opportunity! The only downfall was that it was 20 degrees outside today! Still, we layered up in multiple layers (long johns for everyone!), and decided to brave the weather for a day of family fun!
It was the perfect occasion for Daddy to wear his Russian hat from Great-Grandpa! He looked the part of a lumberjack out there amongst the trees!
We scouted the entire farm looking for the "perfect" tree. The kids were cold, even with their numerous layers, and unfortunately had to endure my criticism of tree after tree..."too tall", "too wide", "lop-sided", etc. etc. Finally, I let go of my pursuit of symmetry and perfection and we found our perfectly imperfect tree! :-) The kids were so excited to tag it as ours, watch the man cut it down, watch as they put the tree in the "shaker" to remove all the loose needles, and follow along as they strapped it to the roof of our car.
What an experience!! I realize we have yet to celebrate Thanksgiving, but this event ignited my Christmas spirit. As cold as we were, we had a great time of togetherness and laughter as we picked out our first "real" tree.
Enjoy our day in pictures:
We saw this poor tree and thought "Charlie Brown!" :-) Can you tell Lily was cold?
Here it is!
Cutting it down...
It's down!
(Jackson especially enjoyed watching this process. He was right in there with those guys!)
Strapping it to the roof for the 45 min drive home!
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