Trimming the tree

Saturday was the day we had in our schedules to go and get the tree. Yes, we had to schedule it...our lives are that hectic/pathetic these days! Friday night we were looking at the forecast with dread. An arctic freeze was supposed to hit us Saturday morning--very cold and very wet (snow/rain). Well, that didn't sound like a lot of fun so we came up with a back-up plan that included just going to a lot and grabbing a tree.

Saturday we woke up to a lovely dusting of snow and fairly mild temps. We headed off for Bounce with our warm clothes in the back in case everything worked out. And boy did it! The morning was beautiful. Peipicots was stunning and there was even more snow that we had at our house. It even snowed while we trounced about looking for the perfect tree. It was chilly but we were bundled up...case in point below! :)


Danny found a few trees that he really enjoyed; although we think he liked them primarily because they were underneath a huge pine tree which made the ground snow-free. Maya liked his suggestions but quickly took off in the other direction picking out gigantic trees which was a different fixation from last year's dead tree fascination.

We ended up back at Danny's first pick (with much thanks to Christy's effusive joy and enthusiasm) and Maya declared the tree "ours"!

Danny began sawing and the journey to our house began!




It sat outside in the carport last night drinking a lot of water and drying off and this morning it came in to be trimmed. We put on "White Christmas" and began the process. Maya quickly needed to put on her princess dress so she could look like Rosemary Clooney.



She simultaneously decorated the tree and did a little dance number. I am proud to report that Maya was beguiled by my favorite holiday movie!

And, here it is: