Getting the Christmas Tree; McOmber Style

Alright, so our tradition was broken this year due to snow in the mountains and no windshield wipers on our vehicle. The kids and I were totally bummed. I'm all about the journey more than the tree. To tell you the truth, I'm not a big fan of the Christmas Tree's in our mountains. They're too naked for me. ;-) But I love just going up there with family and searching for "the one." This year, the day after Thanksgiving, I woke up at 4am and hit the black friday sales, which I did not think were even worth it. And then I was home by 8am so we could go with the Meyer family to the mountains. It was raining though in the valley and I could only imagine what was happening in the mountains. Since our van's windsheild wipers aren't working, we came to the final decision that we wouldn't go, and I was sooo upset. We ended up going to see Jason's family for a little bit and Lauren offered to give us her fake tree. I was like, nah... it's fine. Because I wanted the experience with the kids of even going to the Christmas Tree farm to find a tree. Well, Jason has always wanted a fake tree so I gave in. Since it was raining outside, Tim wrapped up the box in a black tarp and used yellow caution tape to keep it in place. I think more than anything, he was trying to embarrass us. But hey, I'm from Oroville, not much can embarrass me. haha So we threw it on top of our car and came home. We put together the tree and it actually looks really nice. It doesn't even really look fake. But we don't have the pine smell in the house. Maybe next year though.