The Christmas Countdown Begins

We maintained our tradition of heading up to the mountains the day after Thanksgiving to get our Christmas tree.  The weather was absolutely spectacular and we had fun trouncing around the lot to find the perfect tree.

We looked and looked.

And looked and looked.

 

Finally, we found just the right one.  Will was very excited to assist in the cutting process.

After we hauled the tree up, the kids were rewarded with a candy cane!

Mom got a cute picture with her cutie pie girls before we headed out.

Our next stop was one of the great foothill wineries where we were able to capture some nice photos.

 

 

 

 

 

We like this particular winery because the kids can run around and have fun too.  They loved running down this hill just as fast as they could go.

And they all took turns jumping over the stream.

Once we got home, we wasted no time.  We donned the Santa hats and went right to work decorating the tree.

 

We did a little more decorating the next day and we were so happy to see our little Elf who flew in from the North Pole to enjoy our balmy weather!

 

This is the Elf, hiding in the tree.

 

Even Sable was in the holiday spirit with her reindeer antlers!