Christmas Tree Cutting

The first time I ever cut a real live Christmas tree was with Ryan and his family, way back in (probably 2008).  We visited a farm they had been going to for many years called Sinninnippi Tree Farm.  We cut there for a few years until they closed the doors and stopped selling trees.  That put us on the hunt for a new farm and some new traditions.  We roamed around nothern Illinois, trying out a few farms over the years and moving on when they got too busy or too thinned out.  About 3 (?) years ago we heard that Sinninnippi reopened their farm and this year we decided to head down south to see what we could find out.

We LOVED the trees - they were fat and full and beautiful.  The farm isn't actually the same farm we cut on years ago, but it's adjacent and owned by another family.  Turns out Dan and Erin actually know the family  (and their daughter who did musical theater with Erin way back when) and they live in Geneva.  

And...I can't help but share our beautifully decorated house along with one of my favorite Christmas season signs Erin made for me over the weekend while she was here with us.