Christmas and all that crap

In order to aid my recovery from Christmas bah-humbuggery, we hiked with Greysen for a Christmas tree in the forrest outside of Helena. I put Greysen on my back, Andrew pulled the sled to bring our tree back once we cut it down and Cassie carried the camera (naturally). We found a tree not far from the parking lot. And because it wasn't far from the parking lot and we just wanted to hike around in the snow, we took a pic of it and moved on. It was the back-up tree. And a great back-up tree, I must say.

We hiked in for a good 30 mins and then we spotted the One. I spotted it from across the vast expanse and could tell it was the One without even seeing it up close. Greysen agreed with squeals of joy and laughter. Or he was laughing at the dogs running around. But we think he loved the tree. Cassie and Andrew cut down the tree. Luckily we had Cassie there to hold it up or surely we would have perished under the weight of it.

On the way back to the car, I walked gingerly through the slippery downhill snow. Cassie had a better idea.

And then another better idea.

Greysen just went along for the ride and enjoyed every minute he was outside.

We had a great time.

And we got a beautiful tree for $5 which is the cost of the permit. Check it out...