Decorating the House and Trip to the Tree Farm

On the Friday after Thanksgiving, we started our day as usual with breakfast and getting the kids dressed. After everyone was ready, we start bringing all the Christmas decorations down out of the attic. Once all the decorations were down, we all headed out front, and started decorating the house. We were very fortunate that it was such a nice day and all the kids had fun playing and seeing us put up the lights.

After lunch and naps, we called my Dad and he came over so we could all make our way to May-land Farms in Pelzer. I had been talking about us taking the girls to chop down a Christmas tree this year, so luckily we were able to find this tree farm that was close. We caravaned down to Pelzer and arrived at May-land around 3:30. When we arrived, we all headed to the information area, where they told us that if we wanted to cut our own tree, we would follow the path back to the wooded area, use the hand saw they gave us to cut down the tree of our choice, and then someone would bring it back to the front with the tractor. The 6 of us started down the path seeing various displays and animals along the way. It was really a neat walk. When we arrived at the area we were to cut down our tree, the girls and us wandered around for a while reviewing the trees. I really liked the cedar trees due to the fragrance. Emily ended up asking me the type I liked and it ended up she wanted to pick out one of the cedars which was nice =) After we narrowed it down, Emily helped us decide on the final tree and then John started cutting it down. All the girls were very curious to see what was happening. Once it was cut and we had given it to the person on the tractor to take to the front, we all slowly made our way back to the front of the farm. It even turned out that we found one of the displays that was made for five people to take a picture and we were able to get some cute pictures. When we arrived in the front, we took our ticket in to the little store and paid for our tree. While we were waiting on John and the person from the tree farm to load it up, the girls played out in front of the little store and enjoyed their candy canes the people had given them.

After the tree was loaded, we said goodbye to Daddy and Emily (since he was taking her to spin the night) and John and I took the little ones back to Greenville where we all enjoyed eating at the Mexican restaurant.