our christmas tree hunt.

Obviously this will be our first Christmas together and we want to make sure it's one we always remember. What better way to start off the Christmas season than to chop down our own Christmas tree? (Answer: There is no better way.) So the Friday after Thanksgiving while everyone else was fighting over TV's and anything with a discount at every store in town, Nick, Tripp and I decided to go and find ourselves a tree. 

Just by bringing Tripp with us qualified this as an adventure. He was a little excited and had a hard time containing all his excitement. But I was pretty excited too since I had never had a real tree before. The original plan was to drive up Cedar Mountain and find a tree and actually experience snow but Tripp and the truck we were in sort of complicated things so we opted to head to Pinto instead. Nick took us on this trail that I swear to you was only meant for 4-wheelers - not Ford Rangers. I thought for sure we were going to end up getting stuck out there with no service and no way to get out. But the Ranger pulled through and we pulled off the trail and hiked to find a tree. Tripp ran around looking for any trace of snow he could find and would either eat it or turn it into yellow snow. It didn't take us too long to find our small tree and cut it down. We thought we'd gotten the ultimate Christmas tree - but it took us a few days to realize it's more of a "desert tree" than a Christmas tree. We don't mind though, it's still ours so it's perfect. 

That night was spent listening to a She & Him Christmas Pandora playlist and decorating the tree. Sure it took 3 trips to Target to get everything we needed, but we got the job done. Our very first tree is everything we ever wanted and it makes our home smell like Christmas.