Christmas Tree hunting has been a tradition in my family since I was about 10 years old. Normally, we would make a whole weekend out of it, take the trailers, my parents and siblings would all head north to central Nevada near Caliente, Pioche and such to search out the perfect tree. And 'YES', it really is a hunt to find just the right tree.
As all of our families have grown, lives have become busier, making it more difficult to get all of us together for the hunt. This year, my family went to Utah to get our trees. Our daughter in law works on Saturdays so we left bright and early Sunday morning to make our run to Cedar mountain. Now it would be easy if it were just the 5 of us. But we can't leave out the dogs. They love to go and explore the great outdoors! So the shell went back of the truck Saturday morning, on Sunday 3 kennels went into the back of the truck with 3 excited dogs. We tucked them all under a blanket to keep them warm. Scott & Christy's newest puppy rode in the back seat with kids. (She gets car sick by the way.) That is normally Cassy's domain, alas she was in the back with Roxy and Shelby.
The boys were hoping for snow and they got it. Timm, I think, would have preferred no snow. He was concerned about getting the truck stuck (that happened a few years ago) and with no one else with us he was much more cautious than normal. We tried a few dirt roads but quickly decided to just pull of the side of the road and walk back into the woods. The dogs were excited to be out of the kennels and play in the snow. Cassy just loves it. She runs around, drops onto her shoulder and plows her face into the snow, she makes 'snow angels', and more. You can see the smile on her face.
Shelby still looks for sticks to play fetch. She found one and when it came out of the snow it was about 12 feet long. It was quite a sight watching her fetch after it and carry it around. It's only about 4 feet long in this photo. Whe brought it home as a souvenier. We took photos for Christmas cards with all the dogs. Not an wasy feat by any means. Someone is never paying attention. The ones of all of us are on Scott's camera so they will have to be shown later.
On the way home, we stopped by our favorite Mexican restaurant in Cedar for lunch. Yummy! You'd think we hadn't eaten in 3 days...tree hunting is hard work don't you know. Now I know we could spend a lot less money on a tree by getting one here in town...but what fun would that be. Tree hunting is part of our Christmas tradition around here that really brings us all together and what great memories they are. I can't wait to get in the house and decorated.
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