Christmas tree time!

Erik woke up Friday morning with a fire underneath him... ready to get a Christmas tree, decorate the house and put the outdoor lights up!  SO, we bundled up and headed up the mountains in search of the perfect tree.  We usually go to a pre-cut tree farm in Watsonville... but this year I thought Finn would like to see a real Christmas farm.  I wanted to go to a farm in boulder creek.. just about the furthest farm away from our house because I read it was cute for kids... and it was.  There was a general store, farm animals, cookies, hot cider and hay rides.  What I didn't read was the type of tree I wanted doesn't grow in Santa Cruz :-) Poor Erik and Finn walked around the whole farm so excited to cut a tree down... but we never found one.  Instead I found the Noble Fir in the pre-cut tree section imported from Oregon State.  Not too green of me, but it's a beautiful little tree! Erik was excited that he didn't have to drag a tree down the mountain to our car ;-) Finn didn't even realize where it came from... all he cared about was the "coco" (cookie) he got at the general store...