Christmas Tree Tradition

Saturday was our annual trip to Lenderink's Tree Farm to hunt for the perfect Christmas tree and cut it down. We met Shawn, Erin, Owen and Aiden there to continue our many years of traditional tree cutting. After trekking through the foot of snow (yes, the first snow fall 36 hours later had dumped that much snow in this area) we found "the" tree. We headed back to get our trees shaken and tied. Then it was time for sledding and this year Joshua and Owen could sled on their own! Joshua tuckered out carrying/pulling the sled back up the hill after a bit, but Owen kept on going. Matthew and Aiden enjoyed just hanging out and watching everything that was going on - they both did very well considering they were bundled up to the point they couldn't move and it was snowing, cold and windy! We ended our morning with hot chocolate and marshmallows. On Sunday we actually decorated the tree. Joshua did quite a bit of decorating while Matthew looked on and played with a few ornaments. The video below captures the fun and memories of this great family tradition that begins our Christmas season.

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