Christmas Tree Farm

After a wonderful Thanksgiving at my parents house, we ended our time there by going to a christmas tree farm in Elgin, TX on our way out of town. Cole, Kristin & Connor were able to come, so it was a family affair!

Growing up, we did this every year, so it was fun to go back and do again. A little tougher with kids who just want to run around, but couldn't, but still a lot of fun.

When we first got there, we got to check out the animals at the little "farm".

Then, we headed out on the hayride to find a tree.

It was a little windy...

I don't think these two can get any cuter...

Of course we attempted some cute cousin pictures.

Connor showing some love to his cousin (or pushing her down...whatever!)

After lots of walking around & searching, we finally found the perfect tree.
Dad cut it down...

and Connor drug it in.

After all the tree hunting was done, mom & dad tried to get a picture for their christmas card...


...have I mentioned how hard it is to get a good picture of an 11 & 18 month old together?? At least dad was smiling :)

We got some decent ones individually...

And Cole's family got a good picture.

Us? It's ok...

After eating some yummy bar-b-que, we headed back to East Texas. It was so nice to be in Austin for over a week - a chance to relax, but it sure is good to be home.

Lots of changes happening around our house as Kate's 1-year birthday approaches. Hopefully I'll get to blog about all that soon!!! (this one only took me 3 days to finish!)