The Best Christmas Tree . . . EVER!

Yesterday, despite forecasts of rain, we woke up to one of the first clear, blue skies in weeks. Landon had planned on working all day (on Saturday), and I was going to hang out with the kids inside since they're sick and I'm trying my darndest to not also get sick. But, the sky was just so crisp and clear, we decided to go get a Christmas tree instead. Landon called our friend, Stacey, to see if we were still invited to her family's annual Christmas tree cutting extravaganza. Upon confirmation that we could make it in time to go with Stacey's family, we hurriedly got the kids and ourselves ready to go.
After some searching on pretty gnarly terrain carrying my 20+ pound baby in my arms, we found a tree we liked. Landon climbed up the trunk of the original tree our tree was growing out of and cut our tree down. (I enjoy watching my husband do stuff like that. It's sexy.)


Anyhow, we trudged back down to the "office", got the tree wrapped and tied onto our roof, paid for it and left. Despite the obvious fatigue setting in for our kids, we stopped at a little restaurant I used to go to in high school and had a nice meal. Then we headed home, kids conked out in the back.
Landon and I managed to get the tree up and situated where we wanted while the kids finished napping once we got home. We also managed to track down our Christmas decorations and got them out and ready to decorate once the kids woke up.


Mason was SO excited to decorate the tree. And he kept declaring, over and over, "This is going to be the best Christmas tree EVER!" which melted my heart and made me so happy.


So today, I am grateful for the best Christmas tree EVER!