Santa and Our Tree

Saturday we went to get our Christmas tree and say "hi" to Santa. We went to "Z's Trees" just outside of Waconia. We get to take a hay ride pulled by a tractor out to the trees and then they swing back around and bring you back after you cut your tree down.

Here's me, Nolan and Tori riding on the wagon.

Nolan is cutting down the tree.

Tom & Nolan trimming the branches.

No, Tori did not push Nolan over. He collapsed from pure exhaustion after chopping down the tree.

Santa & Mrs. Claus are always at the tree farm to visit with the kids after getting the tree. You may notice that Tori is absent from this picture. That's because she was deathly afraid of Santa who made her cry. So, Nolan toughed it out on his own to let Santa know that he would like a remote control monster truck for Christmas.

Weekend Update

We finally had a weekend where we weren't running all the time. It was really nice to move at our own pace for once!

We had breakfast with Amy (sister-in-law) Saturday morning. It was nice to be able to hang out with her before she joins my brother in England in a few weeks. And, she was able to put up with the four of us for an hour and a half! That's an accomplishment in itself! We went straight to the aboretum afterwards to pick up 3 trees that we had ordered. Tom and Nolan got the pleasure of planting them that afternoon while I caught up on some TV time!

Yesterday we ran to the mall so the boys could get their haircut, and we had to take our computer into The Geek Squad. Seems we are having some motherboard issues (hopefully that's the problem) and it needs to be fixed. Thank goodness we actually invested in a warranty this time. We spent the rest of the day pulling out the Halloween decorations and spent a little time playing with the neighbor kids.

So, I won't be posting pictures for a few days until we are able to get the computer back. When we do, I will be sure to add them in to the previous posts.