Oh, Christmas Tree!

Twinkly lights, fresh pine smell, years of memories represented in ornaments, and an excuse to sip a hot chocolatey adult beverage on a cold evening - what is not to love about a Christmas tree!

We found a few cute snowmen at the tree farm.

The girls are bundled up and ready to hunt for a tree.

A free-range Mimi

Eli in the wild

Where did Eli go?

We found our tree!

Daddy and his helpers

The tree is trimmed!

Eli's own little tree...to decorate (and re-decorate) however he chooses

Walking (inside - it was cold out!) to the Capitol Christmas tree

Viewing the Capitol Christmas tree

Getting a closer look at the train

Choo Choo!

All of us and the top of a big tree