The start of a new family tradition.

I made a comment to Ian the other day that I thought it would be fun one year to cut down our Christmas tree and start a family holiday tradition of doing so with the kids. The operative word here.... one year, meaning not exactly this year. Well, the idea was planted in Ian's head and he was set on trekking into the forest to cut us down a tree this weekend. So that's just what we did. We loaded up the kids and lots of warm snow clothes, carriers to tote the kids around in, and filled the car with tree cutting and hauling accessories. I was a little apprehensive about hiking through the forest in the cold weather (25 degrees) with the kids - specifically Bennett - and I was a little freaked out about coming across a bear or cougar, but all went well and we had a really great time. Definitely the start of a new family tradition. The moment of truth is when we bring the tree inside tomorrow to decorate. We were hoping to get a tall, slender tree and that's what we thought we found until we got it home and realized the tree is super sized in width.