Thursday, November 14, 2013

Holiday Magic!

We had a wonderful kick off to our holiday season this past Tuesday evening. The Capitol Christmas Tree made a quick stop here in little Spanish Fork on its way to Washington, D.C. When I saw that it would be here, I knew we had to see it and I am so glad we did. There was something so magical about the evening and we had a wonderful time!
Some fun facts about this Christmas Tree
1) It is from the Colville National Forest in Washington State
2) It is an Engelmann Spruce
3) It is 88 feet tall
4) It has already been decorated and has 5,000 ornaments on it
5) It will travel 3,800 miles to get to Washington, D.C.
6) It will take about 22 days to get there. 
The tree is on a huge truck and stored tightly to protect it from the elements. The back end of the truck has the windows for everyone to look inside and see the tree. Adam and Tessa were so excited to see it! We have been talking about it for weeks.


The truck is covered in a large tarp full of signatures of people who have been able to see the tree on its journey. We were excited to get to add our names!




We loved that someone added "Go Cougs" to the tarp!





Daddy met up with us for a few minutes and he helped Gwennie sign her name. 

We tried to get some pictures together, but Gwen wasn't having that. We did our best....

The next morning, I received a message from a friend letting me know that Adam and Tessa had made the newspaper! A photographer from The Daily Herald had been taking pictures of people visiting the Christmas tree. I knew he had snapped a few of Adam and Tessa and he asked me for their names, but I figured it was a long shot since he had been taking so many pictures all evening. Adam and Tessa were beyond excited!! They wanted to call and text everyone! Adam took a copy of the paper to school to show his class and he said, "I'm pretty sure we're famous now!" It was a fun surprise and a fun way to kick off the holidays for our family.