we have a family tradition that we started when eliza was one.  each year, the day after thanksgiving, we trek up to boone to get our christmas tree.  we go get a fresh cut tree from a farm, head into boone for lunch and then go out to valle crusis to get our candy fix from the candy barrels at the mast general store.

eliza is a huge horse lover, so we were so excited when we discovered brown’s choose and cut a few years back.  first off gary and linda are great folks and their farm is right down from where i lived when i went to ASU  (woohoo, go app!), but the best part is that they run a horse powered farm!  buck, their giant horse, pulls the kids up the hill through the trees on a sled and then pulls the trees back down to the bagger.  buck also pulls the trees through the bagger.  the kids love to run wild through the fields and play hide and seek in the trees.  the view of the mountains and being surrounded by christmas trees really gets you into the holiday spirit!

i was so happy to shoot the “choice cuts” story for “our state magazine”.  eliza and her cousins had a great time at the shoot too!