Christmas Tree Hunt 2010

Every year we cut down our tree, the girls really look forward to it and it's really fun. Plus the place we go gives you free hot chocolate and candy canes (bonus).
There were a lot of lots selling trees by our house this year, here's one of Eva and mines conversations about tree lots:
Eva: Why do people buy a tree when they can cut one down?
Me: Well some people are too old and can't cut them down and some don't want to cut a tree down...like that lady there...see, she's too old to cut her own tree.
3 days later...we're waiting at the same light, that has two lots of trees and we hadn't cut our tree down yet.
Eva: OH MAN! I wish I was an old lady!
Me: (laughing) What?!
Eva: If I was an old lady I could just go over there right now and get a Christmas tree!
So cute.
Here we all are on the day we finally got our Christmas tree.

Aww, sisterly love.

Classic Eva face.

And Ellie hamming it up as usual.

After walking around and going back and forth on what tree we wanted and what size would be good for this year, Jeremy came across this one and Elle agreed.

This is a reenactment. I missed the actual cutting...it was so quick I wasn't paying attention...I was too busy taking pictures of Elle.

 I'm trying to experiment more with my camera on manual... I know I have an awesome camera but I have no idea how to use it.

Luckily I have a perfectly willing model at my disposal.

The violent shaking of the tree...always entertaining.

We were getting in the car when I realized I wasn't in any of the pictures, not that I was that disappointed but I figured I should be in at least one picture so our future baby will know he/she was gestating at some point.

And there you have it. Christmas Tree Cutting 2010. We decided a smaller tree would be nice this year and it has been nice, it's the perfect size. I should've taken a picture of it all decorated. I let the girls decorate in purple and green ornaments this year...Eva's having regrets. Usually I rearrange everything they do once they go to bed but this year I thought it would be more fun to just keep it how they put it on....it's interesting. :)