Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Let It Snow

Well we received our first snow about 2 weeks ago then we got a couple inches over the weekend. Ryan thinks the snow is pretty fun. On Monday he was outside with Ben for about 2 hours. Didn't bother him one bit. Me, on the other hand, am not a fan of the snow. The only time I like snow is on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.


We had to go to Theisen's to buy a sled so the boys could do this....


Our land is pretty flat so the 4-wheeler is the best way to have snow fun.

We found our Christmas Tree for 2008!
We started the tradition 3 years ago of going to a Christmas tree farm as a family to find our tree for the Christmas season. I love everything about a fresh tree especially the smell. I can see us continuing to do this for many years to come. The first year we went it took us 2 hours to find the perfect tree, last year it took about an hour, this year Ben drove right to the perfect tree so it took about 10 minutes.

Aldrich Tree Farm near Belmond is where we like to go


Standing in front of our tree


getting ready to cut the tree down



Gettin the job done


Very proud of himself - he did have help though



Grandma also found her tree. It is a tall tree probably the tallest they have ever had.



Decorating



Ryan's idea of decorating is putting all the ornaments on one branch


Putting the finish touch on the top



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for including us in your blog. Our goal is to make a happy memory for families. Apparently we've started something for Ryan.
Lee Aldrich
Aldrich Tree Farm

Anonymous said...

"Ryan's idea of decorating is putting all the ornaments on one branch"

Love it!!!

We had a great time hunting for our tree too - in the forest, though, not a tree farm. Too bad we probably won't live here when Colt is old enough to remember. We have a VERY wild, windswept tree this year!