In search of an almost perfect....

Christmas tree for us! Though the outside temperature was a mere 11 degrees, John and I found our Christmas tree. Rest assure, it was no quick task. We dressed for the occasion, wearing, layers as well as our parkas and snow pants. The hand warmers which we slipped in our gloves, definitely aided our success. I wonder whose idea they were? We traipsed around Paines Christmas Tree Farm for about two hours, before we picked our winner. It was surely a team effort. Fortunately the tree farm encompassed many acres, therefore no one could have noticed how foolish we looked, checking out tree after tree!!! John takes a liking to the bigger trees. Do you think it's a guy thing? While I like a nicely shaped tree, but surely one that will fit in our living room without dwarfing it! We walked and walked but finally found "our" tree. Perhaps no tree was unturned, literally. The results, however were successful. Our efforts were all worth while, and we returned with a tree for which we are proud.

Our quest began on Saturday, when we headed to Vermont. We stayed at the Green Mountain Inn, in Stowe. Thank goodness we went tree hunting on Sunday as there was about a foot of snow on the ground when we woke this morning. We had a blast this weekend. We surely had a lot of laughs. Stowe Vermont is a special place for us. We had one of our first summer vacations there about a little over eight years ago. It's a place that I look forward to visiting every year.

Well it's just beginning to look like Christmas around here. Yes - Just beginning. In the next few days, we will hang the lights and decorate the tree. The boys LOVE doing all of this. After John and Matthew finish working their magic, our almost perfect Christmas tree will, in fact be perfect. (to us that is!)

A plus to our fantastic weekend was knowing that our boys were in good hands. Mary stayed with them at our house for the weekend, while my sister, Lisa and my mom helped out with the Monday dynamics. It was definitely a family effort, and I am very grateful.