Not the fake tree this year.

None of us have ever had a real tree. It's not on my bucket list but apparently, it is on Scott's. I was convinced to be "part of the team from beginning to end...as the person who documents it on camera. Below is the general sequence of things.

Walking into the woods - in an area that allows domestic wood cutting.

The first tree we almost cut down.

The tree.

Strategizing how to secure it to the top of the van.

Tying the tree to the van.

It was tied in a way that required someone to climb out the window to untie the rope. Scott climbed into the trunk - which closes from the inside but doesn't open from the inside.

Ta-da.