Oh Christmas Tree...

It seems like every year I debate about going to cut down a tree in the mountains or just get one at good 'ol King Soopers like every other year. I did the same thing this year, and just like every other year, King Soopers won. It might be a silly tradition, but it's our tradition and I don't think I'm going to question it anymore. We always seem to get great trees for a great price and it's always fun to pick one out, so that's good enough for me :) (Convenient too - did I mention that?)The kids had a blast playing with the pine needles on the ground, Bradley would take huge handfuls and stuff them into his pockets. We thought we got most of them out before we got in the truck but we were wrong, we found pine needles everywhere afterwards!We found our trees pretty quick this year, I think Mom got the first one she looked at and ours was either the second or third. They had just got a new batch in that morning and the King Soopers guy even mentioned that they were listed for the 6 foot price but were clearly 7-8 feet tall - so what a deal!Gracie decided right away that she loved laying under the tree and playing with the branchesThe morning after we put up the tree I was at work and Kevin was in the kitchen doing the dishes when he realized he hadn't heard them in a while, so he went searching... It took him a while to find them, they were tucked back in the corner behind the tree with blankets and books reading to each other. Melt my heart...Gracie helping me figure out which lights still worked and which didn't, even though once she got her hands on some of them they were moved from the 'working' pile to the 'non-working' pile :)