12.12.2008

16 ft Christmas tree

Unfortunately this year, for the first time in 10+ years, we didn't get to carry on our tradition of cutting a christmas tree down together as a family.  Since the boys had been sick with flu/colds daddy took on the load all by himself.  Being the daddy he is, he found the biggest tree he could (attendents at the tree farm vouched it was the biggest they'd sold all year), and loaded it all himself.  Yes, it is actually 16 feet, and yes, we really had to use a 2 story ladder to decorate it.  Brennan didn't know what to think when we brought this huge thing into the house, but so far he's just ignored it (he did enjoy walking through the ladder though).  Kobe really got into decorating the tree this year, not only the ones on the bottom, but insisted on climbing the ladder to hang some as well (all 5 on one branch of course)!  There's nothing better to put you into the christmas spirit than the smell of a fresh cut tree!