As any good American family would do, we went out the day after Thanksgiving to get our Christmas tree. It was a successful outing that went a little something like this...Randy, Gracie and I began walking down the rows of planted trees carefully surveying each one for the "perfect tree". Maddy on the other hand began running ahead and would stop every few trees and yell, "I found it, I found the perfect tree!" To which I would come and take a look and possibly give the reason that we were going to continue looking. Maddy was usually off and running to the next "perfect tree" before I was done telling her my reasoning. When we finally came upon the tree we cut and brought home, I ask Maddy what she thought, and she responded by stepping back, taking a look at all sides and exclaiming, "It's perfect! I found the perfect tree!". As we were tying the tree to the car Maddy was watching and told me in a very proud voice, "I'm great at finding the perfect tree, aren't I Mommy?" To which I told her, yes you did a great job:o)
Daddy and his girls:o)


The "Perfect Tree" Finders!



Maddy watching from a distance while Daddy cuts down the tree. She was careful to keep a good distance to be safe:o)


Gracie was all tuckered out from finding our tree, so she fell asleep on the way home with everything she needed....her own little tree.


The finished product, The Perfect Tree!

Gracie, Mia, Maddy, and Carmen

Today we had some fun surprise visitors. The Richmond family was in town visiting some of their family for Thanksgiving so they stopped by to see us for a bit. It has been at least a year since the last time we saw them and it was so fun to catch up. We were all amazed to see how our girls have grown and changed and it was great fun to see them play together again. We hope to make it to Kansas to visit you all some time soon:o)