Christmas trees and winter wonderlands

Yesterday we got up and out early to drive all the back to North bend to buy our tree but when we got to the tree farm it was CLOSED! Bummer because they had a wonderful Santa. So we went to another tree farm which had tons and tons of beautiful trees. Gracie was tired and grumpy but we found a lovely tree which ended up being bigger then I really wanted and it takes up half the living room. We drove home and Paul put up the tree then we went shopping at the toy store and Gracie had a very uncharacteristic melt down. Then we dropped her off at SaraJenny's house for a sleepover with Jesa and Paul, Lucy and I drove all the way up to Snohomish to a friend's house for a Christmas party. Another couple had a baby boy who was about 6 weeks younger then Lucy and they had a great time trying to pull eachotger's socks off and scratching each other but it really was fun to watch them. Lucy didn't fall asleep until about 10 pm and we didn't get home until 11:30 but it was a great drive home through a falling snowstorm. This morning we woke up to a winter wonderland which will be perfect for decorating the tree by a fire!