Christmas Tree Cutting and Thanksgiving Feasting Colorado-Style

Last Saturday, we resumed our annual Christmas tree cutting tradition. This year, besides a couple of good friend's families that joined us, we were also joined by LT's cousin R and his wife, K, who just moved to Colorado after getting married this summer. We have enjoyed having more family close to us in Colorado. We actually had Thanksgiving dinner at their place this year. R & K made a fabulous dinner accompanied by Nana and Papa's yummy pies and Kringle (a wonderful Norwegian treat). We left full and satisfied.

R's mom & dad (LT's Aunt J & Uncle J) made the trip out from the Motherland (i.e. Minnesota) to visit for Thanksgiving. Since they were here for the long weekend, they decided to come along for the ride too and try their hand at picking out a Colorado Christmas tree. We enjoyed some of the North Platte Fire Station's homemade Monster cookies, climbed on fire trucks, and headed out into the woods to find the perfect, in a Charlie Brown kind of way, tree. It had snowed about 6 inches the night before. Just right for sledding, throwing snowballs, and drinking some well deserved hot chocolate. Another year of Christmas Tree cutting adventure.



KS & Aunt J




Uncle J & R




LT and our Charlie Brown tree for this year.




A little sledding action.



Slugger, after launching some sledders down the hill.



Enjoying some well-earned cookies.