Annual Tree Trip

Today was our annual tree hunting trip with Papa and Nana. Joey is busy harvesting, so we had to go without him.

We stopped by the general store, bought our permit, visited the Santa bear, and headed out. We did our usual hunting for and finding the perfect tree for Papa and Nana's house. Then we broke tradition and skipped our annual cigar/slim jim 'smoke'. It has always been sorta Joey's deal, so without him, it just didn't seem right, so we skipped it.

We decided to continue tradition by stopping by the scenic outlookbefore heading into town for lunch. We had ribbed Blaine all day long about his 'girlfriend' at the restaurant he's had his picture made with the last two years in a row. We couldn't wait to see her, but I think Blaine was actually a little nervous about it. He kept saying, "Maybe she won't be there. You know, she might not be there." She wasn't there. :-( The kids and Papa had to settle for the new Tic Tac Toe boards on the tables instead.

Nana and I usually shop while the kids and Joey and Papa take the kids to the playground, but we had another break in tradition. Kylee's growing up and decided to shop with the girls, so Blaine and Papa had to settle for each other's company on the playground. She's not so grown up, though, that she didn't want to head over for their train pictureand a slide with her brother.

The kids decided to have a little root beer break on the porch of a store where Blaine bought his new toythat he was determined to master. He broke it before he mastered it. Yup, that's right. Bought it today; broke it today. That's my boy!

Before we headed home, we stopped to get Papa and Nana some firewood. While Blaine jumped out and made a hand, Kylee......not so much. I don't blame her, though. We were tired!!

After a fun and tiring day, we are back home, and Papa and Nana took home another great tree. Until next year...

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