Weekend recap

Friday, Geof and I took the afternoon off and spent the day together. With his travel schedule, we haven’t seen much of each other lately. It was freezing out, but we decided that we were going to go and cut down our Christmas tree. First, we ran some errands and then had a late lunch at Tom Jones. It is one of our favorite diners and they have delicious food. After lunch, we went to Linvilla to get our tree. This has become an annual tradition for the past 3 years and we both love it. We got on the hayride out to the fields and went of the hunt for the perfect tree. Sometimes it can be a daunting task, considering they’re so many to choose from.

View from the hayride. That is a lot of Christmas trees!

We walked around the tree farm and after much deliberation, we finally found the one, and Geof cut it down. We went back to the main area and toasted some marshmallows by the fire and drank some warm apple cider. We went over to the Farmer’s Market and browsed around and got a gingerbread man as a treat and a pretty ornament for our new tree! Once we left, we got about halfway home and I got a sick feeling that they didn’t drill a hole in the bottom of the tree. We pulled off on the side of the road and my suspicions were correct. We had to drive back and get it taken care of.

Just a little too small

This won't even fit through our door!

Tada! Just right.

Geof is ready to saw it down

He is really proud of himself

Hauling it back

Toasting marshmallows

Pretty tree in the Farmer's Market

Treats!

Once we got home, we invited my mom over to decorate our Christmas tree. I’ll do a post on the finished product tomorrow!

Saturday, we had our annual holiday skating party at the rink and it was a nice time. The kids had a blast and ate lots of yummy treats. One of the boys I teach was being chased by about 5 of the girls in one of my other classes. He asked me why they kept chasing him and I told him it was probably because they like him. It was very funny!

Us at the holiday party

After skating, Geof and I stopped by the Philly Pretzel Factory to get some warm soft pretzels to take home. We got back to the house and watched Wrong Turn 2. I never saw the first one, but I asked Geof if it was supposed to be a comedy horror movie, because it was completely ridiculous. I didn’t even make it all the way through and ended up falling asleep on the couch. I later watched the rest of the train wreck that is Jersey Shore and caught up on the Real Housewives of Orange County. Later, Geof and I watched SNL and called it a night. I thought Taylor Lautner was very funny, especially in his monologue.

Two thumbs down on this one

Sunday, I ran out to do some Christmas shopping and finally figured out what to get for Geof. I’d tell you, but he reads this blog. The cat will be out of the bag on Christmas Day! Guys can be so hard to buy for. Once I came home, my mom came over to visit and Geof made us a taco dinner for the Eagles game.