This year, I had a bright idea: let's go up to the mountains, and cut down our own Christmas Tree! So, with our $5 permit in hand, off we went to the Custer National Forest. The very second we passed into the border of the forest, it started snowing. The weather otherwise was pretty good, so we pulled onto a few roads and kept our eyes peeled for a nice, fat tree.
On about the 3rd or 4th road, Ben got out and went scouting for a tree. When he came back and said that a few looked promising, we all got out, suited up, and went to find the one.
It was super fun to walk through the forest, and in a lot of spots we found deep snow with a hard crust on top. We could walk on the surface, and every once in awhile we would fall through. The kids thought it was hilarious. We had a few snow fights, and discussed the possibilities of a few trees. Finally, we picked the one that we had found first.
We had our lunch (sandwiches from the cooler) while Ben and Andrew cut that thing down, hauled it over to the car, wrapped it up (twice) and secured it to the top of the Pilot.
(Haley was super happy, having been up all night shopping Black Friday sales with Brianna)
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The next day, while the boys took care of our lighting needs outside, the girls and Matt and I decorated the tree. We had pulled it out to go all the way around, and when we were done, I decided to pull it back all by myself. I was pretty proud of my muscles until I realized I was stuck, and I had to pee. So I shouted for help, and Ben grabbed the camera.
The raggedy tree turned out better than I thought it would. If it just had one more branch in that bare spot, it would be perfect!
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