For the last 3 years of our marriage, Brian and I have had a fake Christmas Tree. This year we thought we would change things up and go cut down a real tree. Every year Brian’s family heads down south to Delta to cut down a tree. So, Saturday Brian, Kaitlyn, and I packed ourselves up and headed down with them. It was a very snowy day so the drive took a little longer than planned, but that is only the beginning…
So we got the chains on the tires and turned the 4-wheel drive on and headed up the mountain. It was a very skinny road but somehow maneuvered around it all and kept on going…
Once we got to the top, that’s when our bad luck REALLY kicked in. The suburban got very STUCK in the snow…
We tried everything to get the car unstuck. In the process we broke our snow chains, broke the chains of the nice man that helped us, and made little progress in the process…
We decided to take Kaitlyn out of the car and let her enjoy the snow while we waited…and waited…
BUT, it was sooo cold that we really had to keep Kaitlyn in the car most of the time to kep her warm. It was hard because she is so used to being able to run around all day and she was only able to walk along the car seats. But she coped very well and was VERY good given the circumstances.
At least it was beautiful!
So FINALLY, about 2 ½ hours later as the sun was going down we got the car unstuck and hurried to pick our trees. We were pretty cold and pretty hungry so as soon as Brian and I found one that wasn’t too Charlie Brown, we cut her down! I had to do a little pruning but it ended up working out well and now we have a wonderful smelling, REAL Christmas Tree in our living room. Yeah! 
It wasn't the expirience we were planning on, but it was an expirience nontheless. In the end it really was a fun trip and definitely one we won't forget!
6 comments:
Wow, sounds like a fun time! You guys are way more adventurous than Amy and I. We also got a real tree, but we got it across the street from our apartment at a tree lot. The only adventure we had while picking out our tree was trying to dodge traffic as we ran the tree across the street back to our house!
Holy Cow. I'm sure you probably handled that so much better than I ever would've. I'm glad it all worked out. Plus, there is nothing better than the smell of a REAL Christmas tree!
P.S. 19 days! I can't wait to see you guys and see our litte girlfriend walking (Porter is slowly taking steps all by himself, he's just chicken)
Hillariuos story! I think the tree turned out very cute! Let's play soon.
That is a crazy story. But I love having a real tree. It makes the house smell so so good:) I'm glad you all perservered and got the real tree despite the storm. Way to go:)
-Amy
That will be a fun story to tell Kaitlyn when she is older:)
What a great tree and even better story behind it!! Love the photos!!
What a "fun" memory to look back on! Next year, try sleds and dogs
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