Walkin' in a winter wonderland...

So the fun, full, Thanksgiving weekend is over now and I’m really starting to get into the Christmas mood! Thanksgiving was good this year. I did miss my family on the east coast (and the yummy southern style Thanksgiving...) but it was somewhat easier to be away this year, since I was with my new family rather than just invading someone else's family Thanksgiving like I've done the last 3 years! The main difference between the Rolley’s and the Easterly’s… the number of people present and the speed at which they do things! It was rather entertaining because I think we had 23 people there for the main meal, with more people stopping in throughout the day. And even with all those people the entire meal portion of the day was over in less than a half hour! I was only finished with about a third of my plate by then! :) One of the tables was already taken down and put away before I even had a chance to finish my first plate! Being from the south, my pace is set a little slower… But we had a good time. That just left more time for games and fun!

So the rest of the weekend kept us quite busy as well. I got all moved on Saturday and it’s nice to be in Doug’s house. Although I really can’t wait until we both get to be there! :) Sunday was full of wedding shopping, picking up our rings, and ordering our cake. Three weeks was plenty of time! :) But the highlight of the weekend was spending Saturday in the mountains hunting for a Christmas tree.

Although it wasn’t snowing on us this year, there was definitely more snow on the ground than last year! And a much better selection of trees! :) We had a fantastic time. I love the snow… it’s so peaceful and beautiful. Of course I didn’t like the fact that cars were coming both ways on a road covered in snow and only wide enough for one car to drive at a time! Thankfully I wasn’t driving – I don’t think I could have done it. But Doug’s truck did wonderfully. There were some cars ahead of us that got stuck in the snow, and as a result we ended up parking further down the mountain and walking a ways to find a tree. We didn't just stop on the side of the road for this one... we walked down a path in the woods that no one had been on that day and then climbed up the side of the mountain a ways to get to the perfect 12 foot tree! (Thanks to Doug's nephew Eric for climbing around and shaking snow off a dozen or so trees until we found the perfect one!) It was a fun adventure! I was wishing I had snow shoes… but we made it through successfully (although quite wet and rather frozen)!! You’ll get to see the tree if you come to the wedding reception! :) It’s a little more sparse than I’m used to with putting up a fake tree… but that's because it's a mountain grown noble... and the adventure of finding it makes it that much more fun to have at our wedding! I'll leave you with a few pictures of the day... I have to upload some more but this will do for now... Enjoy!

We found it!



Dragging the tree away...