Picking out a tree in the world's Christmas tree capital

We're lucky enough to have family friends with a Christmas tree farm - in the Christmas tree capital of the world, no less. They invited us over, let us pick out a tree, cut it down for us, strapped it to our car, and even made us dinner. They're really nice friends.

Hannah had a great time running around, checking out all the trees. She was especially thrilled that we got to take one home - I love her expression in the last photo, as she's looking over the tree we just cut down.

When I was kid, we went to a family friend's farm every year to cut down our Christmas tree. I have great memories of the tractor ride into the woods, running around with the other kids to locate the perfect tree, watching in amazement as it was cut down, and drinking hot chocolate inside a warm house afterwards. We bought our tree in the city last year, so it was really nice to share the experience of picking out a tree and watching it be cut down with Hannah. Hopefully this will be a great memory for her someday, too.