Christmas Tree Hunting

Kerry and I actually managed to work a full shift today and it was filled with characters. To add to our collection of entertaining renters we now have a 6'9" skier, a pair of children that speak no English and need ski boots, a kindly old man that heard nothing I told him because he didn't have his hearing aid, and also a very intense woman who blamed us for the lack of snow. The little children from Mexico City were my favorite, Roberta (the older girl) took a liking to me despite our language barrier she continually asked me if I was going to be her ski teacher. She had a little 2 year old cousin who ran off in the shop and almost got stuck between 2 rows of rolling shelves. It was quite a challenge to convince a 2 year old that speaks no English to stop and let me pry her out.

After a very entertaining morning at work we met up with Sarah for our Christmas tree hunt. we took Sarah's car because Kerry's seems to have a coolant leak and mine doesn't have a roof rack. We decided to head out toward the Gros Venture area past the Teton Science School. We headed down a park road past the school and continued to drive until Sarah got nervous we might not be able to get back out. After much deliberation we finally decided that we wanted the top half of a 12 foot tall tree. Kerry and Mike did the cutting, carrying and tying and we were on our way home.

Out for a drive.

Consulting the map.

Let the hunt begin.

Discussing an option.

Cutting down our final choice.

Our measuring system.

Bringing it back to the car.

Once we got home and got the tree up in the stand my job of decorating began. Being poor we elected to just decorate with white paper snowflakes tied with some scrap red yarn. We also came across some gold balls at Kmart that were pretty cheap so we added some of those. My mom also gave me a few sets of lights and some red ribbon to dress it up. All and all it came out very nice and our neighbors have already commented on how pretty it is.

Decoration sequence.

Final product.