J-Ro’s

This year, for our Christmas tree, we decided to cut––in more ways than one. First we decided to cut how much money we spent and looked for the cheapest place/tree we could find. Second, we literally decided to cut…to cut down our own tree. So we called up all the tree farms in the area and found the cheapest one: $24 for any tree.

We loaded up in the van and headed out to find the perfect Christmas tree; for the Johnson’s that is. What we ended up bringing home had to be the most scrawny and ugly tree they had, but to us, it is perfect because we hiked together, found the tree together, cut it down together, carried it together, drank apple cider together, loaded it into (yes, into–I told you it was skinny) the van together, set it up together and laughed together as we chose our lightest ornaments as too not break the branches. Afterwards, Caleb looked at it and said, “Yep, this tree is perfect.”

Somehow, not having the perfect tree feels perfect.