It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

This is why farmers don't make plans (Colin comes up with ideas, not plans).  Colin bought a 'new to him' cultivator and it was supposed to be delivered on Tuesday.  So we planned thought we'd go get our tree on Thursday, before the cold weather arrived on Friday.  We had decided to get our tree a little earlier this year.  The firs last so long and look so pretty, I hate to take them down after the Christmas holiday.  Some years our tree stays up well into January -even though it takes up valuable living room space.   Monday we still hadn't had confirmation from the trucker so Colin called the salesman.  Well, it seems the trucker didn't pick up the cultivator until last Friday.  There was no way it was getting to our house for Tuesday, 'probably Thursday'.  So quick change of plans and we headed out for our tree on Tuesday.

We couldn't have asked for a nicer day.  The temperature was perfect (-1C) , just a nice bit of snow on the ground, and picture perfect flakes falling down.

This is a picture from our first time at Cedar Hill Tree Farm, back in 2012.  Look how young Ella looks!

And here's the picture from this year!  Sigh...

The scenic route to the tree field.

Future Christmas trees.

Apparently it was exhausting finding the perfect tree.  That's Ella on the sled.

Though, she found energy for tubing.

She's still moving in this one.  She got a great distance.

And the long hike back up the hill.

Back inside for a hot lunch.

Ella had to be patted-down for bunnies before we left.  The one bunny was adorable.  It would hop over and reach up to Ella, just like a cat!  I've never seen one want to be picked up and snuggled.

As usual, it's hard to get the whole tree in the picture because my living room is so small.  The trunk has a bit of a dip which makes the tree look like it's leaning towards the corner a bit.  It's not too noticeable in person.  I think we need more lights.  I also wish they wouldn't trim the trees so much.  They are getting a bit thick for my taste.

Thursday was St. Nicholas' day and Merry decided that would be a good day to finally arrive.  She brought a bag of 'gold' too.  So far there hasn't been too much mischief.