Christmas tree hunt

The tradition is to get our Christmas tree after Thanksgiving. This year we did not know if Cindy and I would join the event with her knee replacement a few days ago. She decided that if she stayed in the car this would work. The day was great and temperature pleasant and not much snow on the mountain. We tried a new location up the same canyon. We all got bundled up and ready for the adventure. Connor and Payton already created their own adventure with the twig "dinosaur bones" they found.

The others were also excited.

We walked into a grove and found a wonderful grouping of trees that we all liked. Cecelia and Cameron found their tree so quickly she made little snow creatures while they waited for the rest of us.

We all headed back with our trees in recorded time.

The next week was Payton's birthday and she is now 8.

We had a good snow storm on Payton's birthday. Later in the week there was a beautiful sunset that lighted the Ben Lomand. This may be the last season to have the views we have been used to for decades as a subdivision is being laid out in the open field.