Mountain Weekend (December 8th)

A much over due post from me.  I had a very busy December between work and family life.  I had bronchitis the entire month and finally went to the doctor the week before Christmas to confirm and get some medications.  I'm going to back-track a little and get caught up.

The 1st weekend in December, we went up the Mountains for the Cashier Christmas parade and to cut down our Christmas Tree.  The kids had a blast at the parade.  Tessa figured out very quickly that if she smiled and waved and said Merry Christmas people would throw that sweet little angelic looking girl some candy.  She would then put it in her bag and say 'Yes!' (kind of like 'Sucker').  Ellis went more for the instant gratification.  He would get one piece of candy, then go sit down eat it and then get back up for another.  Eventually he realized Tessa would bring him some candy, so there really was no point in getting up.  At one point, he actually fell asleep in my arms, with cars and firetrucks honking and everything.  Must be that good Mountain air.

The Tree Farm that we really like is called Ty-Lin and is this great little family owned place.  They converted this old fire-truck into a wagon of sorts you ride out into the farm to pick your tree.  And then you can cut down yourself or have one of the boyos cut it down for you.  They'll also come pick it up in a gator and take it back to the truck for you.  Sorry the tree picture is sideways - for some reason I haven't been able to figure out how to get the pictures flipped around on blogger.