On Sunday we went to the Chugach National Forest to cut down our Christmas Tree. Specifically we went to the trailhead of Johnson Trail. This is the same place where we went snow camping with Kari, Jared, and Rachel last year, and picked up our 20 footer. This year we had a more modest tree in mind, since our ceilings are only 8 feet high. The weather was overcast, but it was in the low 20's, so it was nice and warm for little Abe. He hung out in the Baby bjorn facing outward, so he could take in all of the sights and sounds.
Abe, Emily and Scott in the parking lot of Johnson Trail. This is where we set out for our tree-finding adventure.
We went a little different route this time around. Not far from the parking lot was this wide-open snowfield. The 'Dood had a field day running around. We headed into the thick of the woods to find our tree.
Here is Scott in the snow covered forrest. He had a blast snowshoeing the trail.
It was nice and warm out. Abe did a great job of haning out in the bjorn. It helped that he had a little snack righrt before we left the car.
Here we are infront of our tree! We didn't cut the whole thing down. We made our cut about 5 feet off the ground. And by 'we' I really mean 'Scott'. He tore through that thing in a jiffy!
The little guy was tuckered out from his first snow adventure.
After we cut down the tree, we noticed it was a little taller than we needed. Once again Scott showcased his sawing prowess by sawing off another 4 feet or so.
The hardworking brothers posing with the tree.
Emily, Abe, Banjo and Neil - the happy fam infront of their 2009 Christmas Tree.
Abe, Emily and Scott in the parking lot of Johnson Trail. This is where we set out for our tree-finding adventure.
We went a little different route this time around. Not far from the parking lot was this wide-open snowfield. The 'Dood had a field day running around. We headed into the thick of the woods to find our tree.
Here is Scott in the snow covered forrest. He had a blast snowshoeing the trail.
It was nice and warm out. Abe did a great job of haning out in the bjorn. It helped that he had a little snack righrt before we left the car.
Here we are infront of our tree! We didn't cut the whole thing down. We made our cut about 5 feet off the ground. And by 'we' I really mean 'Scott'. He tore through that thing in a jiffy!
The little guy was tuckered out from his first snow adventure.
After we cut down the tree, we noticed it was a little taller than we needed. Once again Scott showcased his sawing prowess by sawing off another 4 feet or so.
The hardworking brothers posing with the tree.
Emily, Abe, Banjo and Neil - the happy fam infront of their 2009 Christmas Tree.
4 comments:
That looks like a fun trip. Good thing Scott was there to help out. Sounds like you showed him a good time while he was up there.
oops supposed to cut the whole thing down not top it, looks like you had fun.
Jared
So cute. I love that 20 degrees is warm :-)
Why what cute purple snow pants you were wearing Em!
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