The beautiful snowfall we had yesterday created a beautiful opportunity for us to go to a local tree farm, choose and cut down our own Christmas tree.
The children sat on the hay bales and waited for the tractor and wagon to come pick us up and take us to the field where we could find a beautiful Douglas-Fir.
L's favorite part of the day was not getting the tree, but riding on the wagon.
We hopped off the wagon, and within minutes we found the tree we wanted.
Dad cut and cut and cut while K held back the branches. He almost gave up, but K cheered him on. He wanted to stop mid-way through (not really) but K told him, "You've already started cutting down this tree, you have to finish."
Mom and the kids posing by the tree after we all yelled, "Timber!"
K pulled the wagon the whole way to the van.
But she wasn't any help when it came time to tie the tree down to the top of our van.
I took this picture of the kitchen while standing in our big dining room. Having a separate dining area verses an eat-in kitchen was an important thing on our list!
We are doing our final walk through on the house on Tuesday, closing on Thursday, and moving on Saturday. On Friday, I will probably be going over and doing some cleaning. Should I line my new kitchen cabinets with shelf paper? Is that NECESSARY? Opinions please...
The children each get a new ornament every year, and they also make homemade ones too. Each year I love to hear them pull them out and reminisce and ask us questions about when they got certain ones, or how old they were when they made the ornaments. One day when they are grown and have homes of their own, they will get to take all their ornaments with them.
L's favorite part of the day was not getting the tree, but riding on the wagon. 
Dad cut and cut and cut while K held back the branches. He almost gave up, but K cheered him on. He wanted to stop mid-way through (not really) but K told him, "You've already started cutting down this tree, you have to finish."
K pulled the wagon the whole way to the van. 
