tree hunt

In my honest opinion Joanne says it best in describing our tree hunt..."We drive an exorbitant amount of miles to get a mediocre tree!" And I couldn't describe it better. But when you see the bute we got you will understand why we do it.

As most adventures begin we got in the car and headed out. Usually we stop for a beverage but we just trucked along shootin' the breeze. I tell you what, before we knew it we were in Wyoming and that drink was sounding better and better so we got our refill cups and headed into the "last stop". We figured it would be a good place to go since it was probably really the last stop. Once we got the permit we had to find a good spot to find our victims!

Humm this looks good to me, so Roger took Katy out to get a closer look....

Yup pretty good view from here!

Steve and Joanne decided to get a better look on the 4 wheeler. I thought Steve was crazy when he wanted to haul that thing up there, but Roger seemed sweet on the idea. And if I do say so myself, Joanne looks like she is having a pretty good time too!

Still trying to find the perfect tree, with the perfect view!

I guess it's dad's turn to find a tree. Any luck up there?

Ahhh the perfect tree, at least Gus seemed to think so!

And a Charlie Brown for the Beardshalls! We opted for a tree that would fit on the entertainment center so we weren't spending the whole season telling Katy "no" a word that Dr. Schmidt says she really has no concept of right now. All I know is that she loves to do things even more when you tell her no!

Katy posed to be more of a challenge than I gave her credit for. She wanted to take off any chance she got, here is one of those such chances! Go Katy Go!

Caught her just in time for a picture with the Grandparents!

So aside from loving running and being out in the wild. Gus and Chuck actually both really enjoyed the 4 wheeler, as you can see here. I don't think Gus liked it too much when he fell off when Roger was driving!

Katy experienced the joy of the 4 Wheeler too!

We had a great time. Thanks to Roger and Joanne for joining us on our annual christmas tree hunt tradition. Already looking forward to next years!