We headed to the mountains of NC yesterday for our first ever family Christmas Tree Adventure. Overall, a great time. Although, if Patrick asks to decorate the house with lights next year, I'll know I am, infact, married to Clark Griswold. Ever since we were married, Patrick has longed to cut down a big Christmas tree. Living in Florida and South Carolina it was impossible....living on medschool loan money....even more impossible. So this was the year. An overnight snow storm up in the mountains nearly ruined our adventure, as many of the tree farms were closed due to snow and ice. However, we found one that would open in the afternoon and we trekked up to mountains, in Patrick's car with 4 wheel drive....just in case. It turned out to be a perfect day...only really cold. We took up all our boots and warm clothes, and needed them all. Upon arrival, the first order of business was sledding. They had a few feet of snow and the kids made good use of the hilly terrain. Then we went into the little "Santa's Workshop" and had our lunch and some hot cocoa and apple cider that the farm provided. (How nice.....oh and oreos too!) Then while the Patrick, Max, and I trudged over hill and dale to find the perfect tree, the other kids enjoyed more sledding. We were the only people at the farm, so that worked nicely. Max was a riot. He would tell us, "Too deep, too deep," and we would have to go pluck him out of the snow since he was stuck. However, he never complained of being cold, and he wanted to walk and lead himself. "Follow me mom," he would say. We found our tree......a BIG 12 footer. The kids gave their ok and helped us chop part of it down with a saw....then the tree guys brought in a chainsaw to finish the job. After more hot cocoa we headed home, Griswald style.....a really long tree hanging off the car. Fitting it in the tree stand (hope it holds all Christmas season), figuring out how to water it, and simply getting it in the house was quite comical. The new family mantra is "little full, lotta sap". The tree is beautiful though. Very full and it smells wonderful. Not sure how we'll decorate the top, and guess I'll have to buy more lights.....but the husband is quite happy!
One of the neatest things about the trip is that Boone is about 35 miles away from Hickory, only since it's in the mountains it is a whole different climate. We have no snow, but it is cold here in Hickory....about 30ish. There was tons of snow in Boone and it was a balmy 12 degrees at tree cutting time. So nice to go, so nice to come home.
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