Lynn, William and I headed out on Sunday to get our own Christmas tree. This would be Lynn (and William's) first real tree! On a tip from our neighbors, we headed to "Loch Lolly", a tree farm ~10 miles north of Hillsboro. It is situated in a hilly area, with a small artifical dam with ducks and geese... I'm guessing that was Loch Lolly. Anyways, the three of us romped around the Noble Fir area until we found a tree that we liked, then immediately found another one we liked better. I got down on the ground, bused out the bow saw and cut down my first Christmas tree. It wasn't as exciting as I had thought. Anyways, we had it baled... anybody ever seen a tree baler? Its pretty neat... like a hay baler, except for trees. Kind of like putting twine on a bale of hay, except its plastic like net wrap (for all you farmers out there). We then tied the tree to the top of Lynn's Car. We think the guys working there were taking bets to see how long it would take for the tree to fall off. Everyone else there had big SUV. Come on people, with a little ingenuity, and a wife to hold the string inside the car, you can use anything to get the tree home.
We got it home and put it up. Lynn had it decorated within an hour... yikes. Sometimes her efficiency scares me. Now if only we could focus that energy... :-)