Our Perfect Tree

This morning we braved the freezing rain and wind and headed out to Stoney Ridge Farm to cut ourselves a Christmas tree.

My Mom and Dad wandered back and forth through the fields forever deliberating on which was the perfect tree...this one was too tall, that one was too wide, that one was too uneven, this one was crooked. I happily went along with them for quite a while and then spoke up and said, "I want that one."

And lo and behold they had to agree it was the perfect tree.

So we got it and we plan to decorate it this evening.

At the farm we also enjoyed their nativity scene, complete with a live camel, goats, sheep and a pony. We also had some hot cocoa and cookies before braving the weather again and heading home.

As shepherds watched their flock by night...