Birthday Tradition

Every year for my birthday we go as a family to get our Christmas Tree.  It is such a fun tradition and a great way to start out the Christmas season.  It is a great excuse to get the tree up right away and this way the kids know exactly when it is going to happen and don't have to keep asking us. 

This is our first Christmas living in Colorado.
 WOW!!!!
 A real Rocky Mountain Christmas. 
I am so excited.  BLESSED!

We bought passes/permits to go into the mountains and cut down a live tree.  The pass tells you where to go and which kind of trees you can cut down.  After hiking around a bit, we finally found a perfect one for our family Christmas tree.  My sweet hubby cut down the 14 foot tree and I helped him haul it back to his truck.  The tree made it back through the mountains to our home in one piece.  We had it up and found the perfect corner for it already. 

It was quite an adventure.  No snow.  Warm sunny day.  No crying kiddos.  Lots of laughs.  PERFECT!!!

Here are a few pics of our new tree.  I'll try to post something after we get it all decorated as well.