O' Christmas Tree

On Saturday, Bob, Carter and I headed over to Linvilla Orchards to cut down our Christmas tree. We decided not to take Brynnie Girl with us this year because she has a bad cold and I didn't want her to be out in the frigid temperatures. So she stayed in her PJ's and snuggled with GG while the rest of us froze our butts off for the cause.

Though cold, it was a beautiful day on Saturday... perfect for the occasion.
We headed out via hayride to the Christmas tree orchard...
Carter LOVED the hay. We were hiding each others legs and feet with it.

We were then dropped off in the middle of nowhere, saw in hand, to search for the perfect tree. And it took about 3 minutes for us to find it...
I was encouraged to keep looking because we had just started our search, but this tree was perfect. I didn't need to look at more... I just knew this was the one. =)

So we snapped one family picture... {minus Brynn :( }...before Bob and Carter surveyed the situation...
...and started chopping it down.
As soon as Bob started, he saw this wedged into the tree...

Yep, an arrow. Like a real one. For deer hunting. Soooooo dangerous. {No worries, we turned it in!}

When we finished cutting down our tree, Carter then went on a hunt to help Aunt Kacy...And he found the perfect one...
I'm serious. He LOVED it.But Aunt Kacy wanted to keep looking and happened to find a beautiful tree that was a little more... full.

We then waited for the hayride back to the Christmas Shoppe...

Carter and daddy
Carter and mommy {he was getting so sleepy... finding a tree is hard work!}
When we got home, we hopped into our pj's and started trimming the tree. I took a video of the occasion, but it wasn't nearly as dramatic as last year. We learned our lesson. :)

Carter was a very good helper!
Time for the star {Carter insisted on sweeping. I swear there is no child labor going on in our house.}Because it was getting late, we just put the star and lights on the tree the first night home. There's nothing better then sitting in a dark room with just your Christmas lights on =) {And apparently some Hershey Kisses, says Carter.}
Brynn was sleeping. Poor baby and her bad cold :(

Because it was such a busy weekend, the tree sat without a decoration on it until last night, when I was determined to finish it. So pretty. Just waiting to add a few ornaments for Brynn's first Christmas! But her stocking came in...
Yep, even Kai has a matching stocking! =)

And here are a few pictures of all the beautiful lights...
Sigh. I love it.

Oh, and in case you were wondering...Crazy, right?