Oh Christmas Tree!

The Jacobs were nice enough to get us a permit for a Christmas tree this year, so "we loaded up the ole dodge diesel and went tree huntin". Unfortunately we couldn't go on a weekend because I had to work, but we decided to try to beat the darkness Wednesday night, Dec 2nd. As you can see in the pictures, we didn't quite beat the dark. It gets dark here so early , and Briant got off of work around 4:30. We loaded up the two babies and drove up Miller Creek which is just south of Missoula on the East side of the river. We had to drive about 10 miles up the draw to reach national forest, but right when we passed through the fence, there was a huge Christmas tree patch. This was right about when a big cold weather spell started; It was probably only in the teens. I didn't know if Olivia would really like it because of the cold, but she was super excited and smiley. She was probably better in the cold than Momma. Let's just say by the time we found the right one, we all had Rudolf noses.



We put our tree trophy's in the back of the Dodge and drove to the Jacob's apartment. They made some soup for us for dinner.