Christmas tree

We had snow all afternoon last Saturday, so Sunday we headed out to get a Christmas tree.  We go to tree farm just up the mount from us every year called Edwards' Tree Farm.

Look at all the baby trees, one of these may be our tree one day.

 Here is the cabin.  After you get your tree you can head over to the cabin and have some hot apple cider or hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies and warm up for a minute by the woodstove.  I also picked out a centerpiece for our table while we were at the cabin and my sister Sarah got a hand tied bow to put on top of her tree.  They make all their wreaths, centerpieces, garland and bows in this cabin.

 This is the chosen tree.  It was just the right height.

 My nephew Jack had a great time running around the trees in the snow.

 This farm also grows pumpkins, there are still several pumpkins hanging out here under the snow.

On our way back down the mountain we passed this barn.  How pretty is this barn quilt?

It's snowing

It's snowing, the first snow of the year is always exciting, but it made my day to look out the window while I was in class today and see snow (yes, class on saturday morning....one saturday a month until may, but I think it will be worth it).  It has been pretty cold, but we are in the foothills, not wuite the mountains so we don't get as much snow as people who live about 15 minutes north-west of us.

So:
snow....last day of my class before winter break ( I got an A on my presentation about meeting children where they are and creating activities that allow kids to learn their way instead of trying to make all kids learn one way)...and tomorrow is Christmas tree day.

Usually Christmas tree day means saturday afternoon we load up with my sister's family and get our trees then we go our separate ways (they would head back on their two hour drive home and we would get to tree decorating)....but this year they do not have a 2 hour drive home.  Now that my sister and her fmaily live on the farm their drive home is about 30 seconds driving at a safe speed---maybe a 4 minute walk at most and I believe Alexander (nephew) can run to my house in under 2 minutes

This means we are not scheduling Christmas tree day around their visit.  So Christmas tree cutting will be in the morning (it may still be snowing) and then we will go to the Christmas parade down on main street.  We will not yet be decorating our tree though because we are getting new carpet installed on Tuesday morning so we will wait until after the carpet is down.  Regardless tomorrow will be a great day!