Into the Woods

Christmas is a big deal to me, not the presents, but he traditions.  Travis and I started our first tradition this year and bought a tree tag. Which meant that we could go into the great wilderness to cut down our Christmas tree. Travis was excited to get out his sleds and warm them up for the season.

After searching and searching, we found the one.

When the tree came down, the reality of how large it was came with it. The sled we brought with us to transport the tree back on was a wee bit small.

With a little fandangling we get it to work.  The ride back to the car was slow going and cold.

This is my look of success.

We knew the tree was large, but when we got it into our home we discovered that it was gynormous.  We  cut the tree down three times before we felt like it was going to work.

Even after cutting the tree, it was too big for the stand. Good thing I am married to an engineer. It was a frustrating event but the outcome is this lovely custom made stand. Our 9 & 1/2  foot tree is not going anywhere.

It was a full day event for me to decorate the tree. This is the first time I have put all of my stars on a large tree and  a real tree. It was also tricky to get the tree skirt to fit around our custom stand.  Oh by the way the tree went up past the window when we first brought it into our house.

I love the way it turned out and with only one casualty (I lost a glass icicle to the tile).  Here are a few of my favorite decorations.

Purchased on my trip to Cape Code 2009

 P.A. 2007

A gift from Marianne

P.A. 2009

P.A. 2009

Pinedale Wy 2010

From beginning to end it was a great adventure. Travis has decided that we will start the hunt for the perfect tree next summer. When we find it we will GPS it and return after Thanksgiving to make it ours.



P.S. Stay tuned for the first installment of home projects.