Tuesday, December 11, 2012

$20 Special

It may not be as picturesque as shopping in Vermont, but picking a tree in Virginia – at the same place we’ve gotten a tree for five of the six years we’ve lived here - has it’s own special moments…

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Meeting Casey on his way home from work so we could have the tree for longer than if we waited for the weekend.

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Our first time picking a tree at night, but not our first time picking a winner from the row of $20 specials.

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Sweet family photo thwarted by Abel’s interest in a dog walking by.

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Little explorer.  And bright lights that kind of make the trees look like they’ve got snow.

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Fire pit and awestruck gazing.

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Sweet family photo thwarted by Abel’s scrunched up face and muscle flexing.

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Nine eager and well intended (and completely unsuccessful if we had to have one for a Christmas card) attempts to take adorable photos of Abel in a radio flyer wagon.

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First haul.

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Result: a short, well shaped tree that will spend the night stretching out it’s branches to receive an adornment of lights and ornaments tomorrow.

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