One of our favorite Christmas traditions in Ohio is to go cut down our Christmas tree over Thanksgiving weekend. We had found a really nice old man who grew them on his property and then let's you come and cut them down. His wife also makes wreaths, so for the past 5 years, we've gone to his place to get our tree. Beth & Jeff have also come with us and so we get 2 trees, tie them to the top of the van and drive home like the Clampetts.
The kids love picking the tree and I must say, we've gotten quicker. The second Christmas that Jon and I were married, we went to get our tree. He dragged me to 3 or 4 lots in search of the best tree at the best price. I swore I would never Christmas tree shop with him again! But, he's gotten quicker & less picky! We found one we like and the kids helped Jon saw it down.
After we got our tree, we went to McDonald's and then the Rasmussens were able to meet us to go on yet another adventure - to a Lego display! On the freeway though, our Christmas trees were getting more and more air under them, so we did have to pull over once to tighten them down.
There is a town about 25 minutes away called Groveport and they had a free Lego exhibit at their art gallery. I love Lego exhibits, and secretly would love to be one of the people to assemble them, so we decided to go. It was really cute! They had a huge table that was full of houses, stores (including McDonald's and Pizza Hut), farms with animals, buildings, a boat area and train that was going around it. It was great!
I loved the details (including a little Lego man of Karl Malone in a Jazz jersey)!
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I'm glad Jon has gotten faster at picking out a tree...if its anything like going clothes shopping at Kohl's with him...I'm glad I wasn't there!! Ha ha...just kidding Jon!
Oh how fun! I'm sure that tradition will be such a great memory for the kids. It reminds me of Mark's and my first Christmas together, last year. I figured we'd just get a little fake tree for the apartment but he insisted we go around looking for the perfect live tree. Then he dragged it up all 3 flights of stairs to our apartment all by himself, haha.
That was sure a fun evening. That poor old man is going to miss you guys next year!!! It won't be the same for him without you coming to get a tree! I loved the Lego display!! Is was fun doing that little treasure hunt with the kids and finding all the cute little details. Thanks for coming up with another great idea and awesome memory! We love you guys!
how fun!!! we use to do this growing up! I miss that!
we used to cut down trees too but finally bought a fake tree when we lived in Salt Lake because it was too hard to get out to the mountains every year. I miss that tradition but how fun for your family!
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