This year for Thanksgiving we traveled to California to visit my family at my childhood home, the GHJ Tree Farm . It was wonderful seeing everybody and spending time together.
The weather was fantastic and we had a blast playing outside.
While we were there, it was fun to help sell trees with my Dad. His is a choose and cut operation where families come and pick a tree to cut and take home. For many of the costomers this is a long standing tradition they love. I grew up on the tree farm and that experience is probably where my interest in Forestry stems from. These trees are planted and cared for for years all with the purpose of someday being chosen to light up someone's holiday.
Back here in Plains we have a few traditions of our own. We're lucky enough to live in a place where you can choose and cut a Christmas tree off of public land with a permit. Removing trees of this size from areas that are actively regenerating improves the conditions for the rest of the trees in the stand. This year's tree is a beauty!
Whitney really enjoys sewing and quilting in the winter and recently completed this baby blanket.
She made this for some friends of ours who are expecting their first baby soon.
What would December be with out football? This year the UM Grizzlies are again in the FCS playoffs and doing very well. Maybe it's a championship year? Whit made this sign and did manage to get on ESPN, but only for an instant.
Hope everybody out there is having a good December. Until next time, Kyle and Whitney.
1 comment:
GREAT pictures, all of them! Love that one of Nia on the swing, and Kyle carrying our tree (thanks again, by the way!).
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