Chudzick Family Christmas Tree

Like always, we headed out on Friday (day after Thanksgiving) to cut down our Christmas tree. It was a little chilly and muddy so we got bundled up and put on our "dirty" shoes. We always go to Marmion Academy in Aurora (I've been going there since we moved here in 92) but this year we were a little disappointed. Most of their trees haven't matured yet, so they're still pretty small and not family room worthy. We dedicded we're going to try another place next year and give Marmion a rest for a few years. After hiking for some time (the most we've ever had to do) we found one that would work, there weren't any runner-up's either.

Emma seemed to enjoy being out there and she would probably have walked more if her "dirty" shoes weren't 4 sizes too small, oops! But as we were leaving she said "that was fun!", so I guess it couldn't have been too bad. We've also started to make a habit of stopping at Starbucks for a toasty drink before heading home. I always get the carmel apple cider (amazing!) and Andrew usually gets their holiday fru-fru drink. Next year I bet Emma will be hounding us for hot chocolate!

We decided to put up the tree while Emma was sleeping. We attempted to decorate the inside of the house while she was away and it was a little too much, the tree would have been soooooooooo much worse. She doesn't seem too obsessed with the tree and barely pays attention to it, yeah!