Sunday, December 6, 2009

Christmas Tree Hunting

This afternoon was perfect for Christmas tree hunting. My youngest sister Katie, Mom, Dad and I loaded up and drove down to Howell Tree Farm. We always take the dogs so they can romp around, however Jim always ends up peeing on a tree or two, which I try hard not to take as his feelings towards Christmas spirit. The trip was immediately successful as we located the perfect tree in less than 10 minutes. (Mom and Dad pictured with the selected tree) Finding a tree in the Walters family this quickly means one of two things : 1.) As we get older we are getting really good at finding the perfect tree or 2.) It means that every year we get less enthused about walking around in the cold and lower our standards a little (I have a feeling option 2 is more true). Either way, we left with a nice little tree.

My personal favorite part of getting a tree every year is the petting zoo located just down the drive from where the trees are. This year, there was a hilarious goat that kept bossing around a little red steer named Maverick. I captured him on video as he slammed the poor little guy into the fence. Nothing says Christmas Cheer like petting zoo animals beating each other up over tiny alfalfa cubes! I can't help it...I'm 26 and I still scrounge around the floor of the car looking for quarters to pop into the goat feed machine, just so I can get slobbered on and bitten. Talk about simple minded!

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