O Christmas Tree

The first opportunity we had to get a Christmas tree was Saturday night, December 8. It was dark when we headed to Klicker's in Walla Walla to pick out the perfect tree. It was very cold but the kids were pretty excited about it. After walking up and down a couple rows, Kyler pointed out the tree he wanted. It was very tall and quite big around at the bottom. We weren't sure we could get it through our doors at home and into the house!

We told Kyler we might need to pick out a different tree, but he REALLY wanted this one. He said he always wanted a HUGE tree and this one was perfect. He was right. This tree was huge. It is probably at least 11 feet tall and probably 5-6 feet wide at the base. We have never had a house where a tree this size was even a possibility. But with very high ceilings and more open floor space, we knew it would fit if we could just get it through the doors! 

Here's the tree!

The wonderful people at Klicker's helped tie it up with twine so it was slightly smaller and put it on the roof of the vehicle. When we got home Greg pushed, I pulled, and we managed to shove the tree through our back door! It may have lost a few needles along the way... But we managed to get it set up and situated and it looks great. It is very pretty. The kids were so tired at this point, we just got them to bed and promised to decorate it on Sunday.

Sunday afternoon after lunch we all decorated the tree together as a family. It was a great time together. Last year we didn't really have Christmas at home because we had already moved out of our house in Sacramento and we hadn't gotten the keys to our new house in Walla Walla yet. So we didn't get to do the tree selection, decorating, etc. We are thankful we got to spend Christmas at my sister's house but it was sad to not be able to decorate our own house. So I was pretty excited to be doing this all together as a family in our own home! 

"We're ready for Christmas now, Mom!"