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Hunting for Trees

Today, the family decided to head to a nearby tree farm and find a Christmas tree. The thermometer read 5° and there was a 10 mph wind with a small amount of snow falling. Needless to say, we bundled everyone up!

After a recommendation from Wendy, our daycare provider, we headed to a place about 5 miles north of Howard Lake: Crow River Nursery. The farm primarily grew Frasier and Balsam firs.  With the recent snow, we placed the boys in the sled and marched out in search of a tree.  There were plenty of options and we had our tree selected and cut in less than 5 minutes!

Overall, it was a great place where the workers were very helpful and friendly. We even got free cookies 🙂

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Christmas Tree Hunting

It was a strangely gorgeous day in Iowa City – 45 degrees and sunny despite it being December 8th.  As a result, the Werth crew decided to go hunting for a Christmas tree.  Upon the advice of Elise’s co-worker, we navigated to Handley’s Holiday Hillside Farm in Solon, Iowa.  With Henry in tow and Jacob ‘running’, we set out to find the best tree.  After some searching, much running, some yelling and some crying, we settled upon on a nice white pine.  We flagged the workers and they came to cut it down for us.  Jacob helped to drag it back to the truck and while Dad was getting the tree shaken and bagged, played on the model train.  We headed back home and made use of our new tree stand while the boys napped.  Unfortunately, we don’t have it decorated yet, but I’m sure there will be photos at a later date.  For now, enjoy these photos of the hunt!