Everyone who knows us knows the weekend of Thanksgiving the family gets up early and piles in the car to cut down the family Christmas tree. According to our tradition, we always stop at Duncan Doughnuts on Route 9 in Hyde Park for a quick breakfast. Then we drive to Battenfeld's tree farm in Rock City. With saw in hand and climbing up the mountain, we start our search for the perfect tree. Everyone has to agree on the tree and then Frank gets the job of cutting it down. The tree has to speak to everyone. As the kids get older and depending how cold it is it speaks to us quicker.
This year it was snowing and we had some Christmas music playing. It was a lot of fun for all of us. This has always been something we look forward to do as a family. It took us about 45 minutes to find the perfect tree. Over the past few years, Jack started to name our tree. This years name is Owen (after the character from Total Drama Island). We were lucky this year, because about 10 minutes after starting home it started to sleet and then turned to rain. Now Owen is on the back deck waiting to be decorated. In about 2 weeks we'll show you pictures of Owen. Hope you enjoy the pictures of us cutting down the tree.
2 comments:
I think it's cool that you name the tree.
Sue:
I notice that the selection of the tree has gotten quicker too... I think it has to do with how cold it is...
We decorated ours this past weekend and it has been dubbed Danny DeVito 2... short and fat but absolutely wonderful. I love the smell of the tree when I come into the house!
Owen looks great! Talk to you soon.
Nancy
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