Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

For the second year in a row we have traveled about 20 minutes north of Houston to the Old Time Christmas Tree Farm and cut down our own tree!  Yep.  It's hard work for Brad, especially when little ones want to help, but it's also a lot of fun.

Charlie Brown Tree

on the hayride out to the patch of trees 

The kids were absolutely crazy as Brad lay on the ground trying to cut down the tree.

Light Saber Fights!

It took a lot of "help", but we got it!

And we all decorated the tree!

And I had to include this: school pictures.  Poor Luke-typical third child.  I forgot it was his picture day, he refused to smile at the camera, I forgot to order the darn thing, and the only copy had water spilled on it and it discolored his face :(