Christmas Tree Expedition 2011

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year and once again we fried the turkey--it doesn't get much better than fried turkey; so moist and not oily at all. Everyone pitched in and helped with bringing dinner; it was stress free.

This year our tree expedition was a little different--Aaron and Lauren and Logan were not able to go, as well as Josh and Kaija and the Eliasons. We were all able to meet at Joe's donuts in Sandy though and that was a lot of fun and delicious! Then James and I headed out with Matt, Katherine, Ella and Jay in search of the 'perfect' tree. We were almost derailed when we saw the ranger station in Estacada was closed; a sign directed us to 'Mike's Tackle' and we were soon on our way.

Alas, we did not get far; we drove maybe 3/4 of the way up the mountain and reached roads that had not been traveled--the snow was still so deep we could not get through. We stopped, looked for a tree, but they were all 60 feet tall! Ella wanted to build a snowman so we spent time playing in the snow.