Our yearly tradition in search of the perfect tree... We are not "GREEN" in our family. We love a fresh tree and supporting our local folks by buying a ridiculously expensive fresh tree :) Plus it is dang fun to watch it sizzle when we finally burn it in the summer.

This way!!!

Taking a shortcut to another field...

Hunter finds a large stick and teases me with it!

All the good ones this year were already tagged it seemed. We found this one in an area we never knew was there in the 4 years we have visited this particular farm. It was tucked over a hilly area.

Timber!

Counting the rings. Guessed it was 12 years young. A good number in our book.

Hunter finally gets a ride. We did a lot of walking and it was cold.

Hailey with her pine cone stash!

Seriously a really good cup of cider.

The kids favorite part is cutting the plastic wrap off the tree. They wanted to be bundled for fun too :)

We are "Green" however when it comes to saving animals from getting tangled in plastic pieces. They took it to an extreme level though. So many pieces were cut!

Every year we consider finding a pine cone in the tree good luck. We didn't think this one has one until I began stringing up the lights. So happy!

This is our first ornament. It was given to us on our honeymoon by the manager of the place where we stayed. It always goes on first.

Ornament time! Ignore the horrible outfits my children have on. Normally they are decked out in cute pj's! It was late and the OU game was at halftime. Hunter was lounging in his underwear so I sent him to go get dressed. This was his choice. Hailey is wearing an old OU shirt of mine for good luck.

My token fresh wreath!

The fresh scent of pine!

The perfect stem for the topper!

The star I chose for our first Christmas together.

Putting the balls into the tree that I grew up with as a child. My mother made it.

The fun large plastic ornaments I got on clearance last year.

My magnolia tree I planted when we moved into this house.

The bush that somehow wound up lacerating my eye and made we whine for days. It still needed some major help but I was DONE with it. It hurt me.

Sentimental ornaments that belong to the kids AND this year Hailey and Hunter's ornaments were the Toy Story ones. Fitting as they dressed up as them for Halloween.

Our cute children in front of the tree and right before they had their pictures taken at the studio!

This is the end of this LONG picture story...