Carson Christmas Tree

Since Brett and I have never had a "live" Christmas tree, we decided this would be the year! Our fake tree is buried somewhere in the garage along with all our other storage items, and I really didn't feel like digging through everything to try to find it! So, this weekend we headed out to Elgin, Texas to cut down our own tree. Let me just say, this may be a new family tradition (maybe not for our main tree, but a small one upstairs in the gameroom perhaps?). Anyways, there was a petting zoo, hot chocolate, little Christmas Cottage for shopping, and all kinds on fun! Once you arrive you board a hayride pulled by a tractor. You grab a saw, they drop you off in a field of trees, you pick your favorite tree, saw it down, and then they load it back on the hayride. Once you arrive back at the farm they shake off the tree, bag it, and then its time to tie it to your roof! We found the perfect tree (with a little character), and had so much fun! Crew loved the petting zoo, looking at the all animals. His favorite part was running through the trees! He loved to touch the stumps of the trees that were already cut down- definetly a boy because he was covered with sap and very sticky on our hayride back! We took soo many good pictures, but you will just have to wait to see the rest- possibly on our Christmas card?

Horses!

Goats and Roosters too!

The Hayride

Look at all the trees!

"Mom, can I please get down and check this place out!"

What is this thing?

Daddy & Crew off to find the perfect tree!

We found it! Our tree!

Family in front of our tree!

Brett explaining to Crew how to use a saw! Yikes...

Sawing down the tree

Loaded in the hayride for the ride back

Shaking off the needles!

Bagging the tree

Tied to the roof and ready for the ride home!