A tree, some lights and little Griswold Christmas spirit!

I can't say it enough... I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME! (Yes, the all CAPS in that last sentence means I am SHOUTING IT!) I love the smell, the feel, the lights, the music, the people (only the jolly ones of course!) Oh..there is just so much I love, I could go on for days! Not only do I love this season, Aaron loves it even more! He starts listening to Christmas music in July at work. Nuts I know but I think part of the reason he does it is to annoy co-workers. Needless to say we are a holiday loving family and you could drop the "P" from Pingul, add a "K" and call us the Kringuls this time of year....haha ok I will stop now.

The day after Thanksgiving we decided to venture out and get our tree. I was, and still am pretty sick with a nasty cold but decided to fill my pockets with tissue and head out. We drove down to Hunters Tree Farm off of Yelm HWY. hunterchristmastrees.com I love this place and have gone there for years. It was opening day so we expected it to be packed. We got there at opening and were pleased that only 5 other cars were there at the time. Getting a tree on Black Friday was in our favor I guess!


We took a quick pit stop to feed the goats... Kaelyn loves them! There were a lot of baby goats this year, so cute!



Next, a quick tractor ride out into the farm....then we were set free to find our tree!!! Not as easy as expected when you have a sick picky wife, a husband that likes every tree,and plenty of mud for your two year old to be distracted by! After about 30 minutes we found one, cut it down and ventured home!





Right when we got home, and I mean right away....the tree was still on top of the car..Aaron began hanging his lights. Shortly after our neighbor Joe and his boys came out to hang some lights on their house too! All of you that know Aaron and how much he loves Christmas would probably expect to see our house glowing from space with all the lights he wishes he could put up! Sadly, we can't do this for two reasons. One, our electric bill would be too outrageous! Second, (and probably the only REAL reason) is that we just don't have enough juice to run that many lights! Last year if the Christmas lights were on I couldn't blow dry my hair, vacuum, or use some of the lights in the house without tripping the breaker. It was a total pain but somewhat funny at the same time!


The rest of the weekend was great, we decorated the tree and the inside of the house! Kaelyn loves the Christmas village and could stare at it for hours! Something about being a parent to small kids during this time of year makes the holiday season even better!




More pics to come later of the finished products...tree, house, etc! We are currently having a 2 year old meltdown because Mickey Mouse is over....mommy must go and deal with this issue!