This year we were very excited to go pick and cut down our own tree from a Christmas tree farm. Christmas tree farms are everywhere here in Portland. The trees are really pretty cheap too (better than what I am used to in AZ). I have been told that Oregon is ranked the top producer of Christmas trees in the U.S. I have even seen people selling them out of their drive way. So we had many places to pick from but we chose to go to Christmas Mountain. We headed out on Friday after Thanksgiving. It was so much fun. I had never cut down my own tree before. They gave us a "hayride" around the farm/mountain and told us to tell them when we wanted to get off to start looking for a tree. We wanted to get a smaller tree and found a tree we liked pretty fast but looked around for a while then came back. Isn't it always that first one you always come back to? It was so much fun for all of us. After we got our tree we hung out by the fire and had some complimentary hot chocolate. I love Christmas time!!!
