1ST CHRISTMAS TREE

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday with family...that's how it's best spent. We were supposed to head to the mountains on Friday for our annual 1st ski weekend (minus skiing this year) & picking/cutting down our Christmas Tree but there was a BIG change in plans.

Hampton hadn't been acting like himself so Philip figured he'd squeeze in a vet appointment before heading out just to be on the safe side. A couple hours later, x-rays, several prescriptions, a long list of do's & don'ts, & giant bill, we had a diagnosis. Hampton was diagnosed with Canine Megaesophogus. I'll post more details tomorrow.  Needless to say we decided to cancel the trip & stick around the house.

 I was highly disappointed because since I was a little girl I have LOVED going to the tree farm & picking out the perfect tree. This year we were going to start our own family tradition. After lots of googling Philip found a local tree farm.  While it wasn't anything like I grew up with or like those in the NC mountains, the experience itself was still nice.  We chuckled because it was 70+ degrees & as you can see in the picture, the trees are hardly traditional cold weather trees. Addison looks real enthused about the quality, lol.  I think it's safe to assume we didn't cut any of those "bushes" down. The tree farm sold Fraiser Furs & I am sure we paid way too much for it but nonetheless it was still neat to take Addison to her first tree farm.