Oh Christmas Tree

Our perfect tree
The new 2010 family ornament

Brody's new ornament

Alison's first ornament

Brody assessing the tree cart at the tree farm

Yes, those are his ski goggles (he insisted on wearing)

Ali and Mom bundled up...it was VERY cold out!

Riding on the cart

Saturday we all got bundled up and drove to southern Anne Arundel County to get our fresh Christmas tree. It was quite the trip to say the very least. First of all, Brody wore his fireman boots and goggles which were a huge problem because he kept falling over from tripping on his boots or losing one. There are not many pictures from the tree farm simply because we were so busy holding Ali (who was sleeping), cutting down the tree, and putting on Brody's boots (Jon definitely drop kicked a boot across the field because he was so frustrated they kept falling off) over and over again.

Once the tree was on the truck, we were well on our way to Christmas cheer. That was until the tree started to fall off the truck on the highway. We promptly pulled over to fix it and as was well...that is until 3 miles later. The tree spun perpendicular to the roof and almost came off again. Jon got out of the car again and bungeed the tree tight to the luggage rack...or so we thought. Two minutes down the road the tree flew off the roof of the car and was hanging behind the truck. Jon and I were laughing SO hard we couldn't get out of the car to fix it! Brody didn't think it was as funny apparently because he was yelling, "Get my tree!" at the top of his lungs. We finally affixed the tree to the roof SUPER tightly and were successful in getting it home. Brody loved decorating it and is very into Christmas now. He looks for Santa Claus every night and has even watched the Polar Express about 10 times!