So in Maine, there are so many fantastic smelling balsam fir trees that Mainers traditionally use for their christmas trees. In the spirit of our vacation, we decided that we wanted a balsam fir tree for us this year. When we searched for a place that we could cut our special tree down, it turns out that balsam trees don't grow in Ohio. But, good news, frasier firs are the cousin of balsam firs, and they can grow in Ohio. Possibly originating from the same tree, they've adapted to different climates and don't overlap where they grow. Balsams grow in more northern areas of the country (like Maine), and frasiers grow more south(Ohio).
Mountain Creek Tree Farm
Koby's Ornament
My christmas kitties under the tree
Off we went to Mountain Creek Tree Farm (http://www.mountaincreektrees.com/) to get our frasier fir christmas tree. We love to go there because they let Koby come with us. He loves to run around the christmas tree field, it's probably one of his absolute favorite things to do in his whole life.We got my favorite christmas tree ever of my whole life. This tree is incredible. It's soft as can be, holds ornaments extremely well, and it has barely lost any needles after all this time. Plus, it smells fantastic!
Our tree is decorated with 1000 lights, which I weaved in and out the tree. It took 3 days, but it is SO sparkely! We have lots of ornaments on it, we get new ones every year. I got a few this year, a moose, a pretty brown and gold sparkely glass ball, and even got Koby a really cool one with his name on it. Robb is still looking for his since he wants an animated one and they're hard to find.
Here it is!!!
Mountain Creek Tree Farm
Going home on the Jeep
Close up.. those tips are what smell so good
Before
Putting up the 1000 lights!
Koby's Ornament
My christmas kitties under the tree
