Tree Trimming

So its been years since I had a real Christmas Tree. I tend to sneeze a whole bunch with the smell of them, so every year we just bust out the artificial tree from the garage. This year Sydney requested that we go and cut a tree with her dad when he came for his Xmas visit and trim it with him. A little tree for the backyard. I thought that was a great idea. Would be fun for the whole family to go out in the woods and cut the tree at the Christmas tree ranch.
Unfortunately Mother Nature had other plans. This weekend it rained. It rained the whole week actually. So in an attempt not to let Sydney completely down, I decided on a wet cold non rainy moment to take the kids up to Avila to get a tree. I knew there was no way to go as a group on Saturday with Rocky, so I thought the next best thing was to go get the tree on Wed and have it already here so Sydney could at least trim it!
Did I mention I know nothing of Christmas trees? Douglas Fir? Huh? Natural cut? Dunno. Did we have a stake or screw stand? I have no clue! Did I bring rope? Nope.
What I did bring was three hungry, slightly whiny kids. One with a "super cute" outfit that was getting wet in the rain (can't have that!) One with a sky's the limit mentality, who wanted the biggest tree she could find (I talked her down from a 9 foot tree to a 6 foot tree) and one little fella who has NO IDEA that he cannot run in the mud without slipping and sliding!
It was an adventure but did end up getting a beauty! Here is the happy trio when we arrived.
Here is Jack waiting in the drizzle for the tree to be attached to the car. Thank Goodness for this young lad! I tipped him because he was SOOO nice!
So this weekend we went to church to trim the tree. We decided that it was silly to have a huge tree in our yard that cost a gazillion dollars and that we could use it for our Moms Club Christmas party and that we could leave it in Wedaa Hall and let the church enjoy it. Here is Sydney and her dad decorating it!

And this picture I thought was nice. Rocky and Adam bonding over tree trimming. I thank God for friendly and kind family.

The tree turned out great and

I hope its enjoyed by many this holiday!