Festival of Trees

I have wanted to go to the "Festival of Trees" for years. It always seems to come and go so fast that by the time I remember I wanted to go, it is over. Not this year. I was determined to go! We finally got there.

Here we are ready to go. The boys were wild from the start. We even saw our mission president there with his family and the kids just ran circles around us while we talked to them. I am sure everyone was wondering why we didn't stop them. I think I was hoping it would wear them out so they would be calm and perfect like all of the other kids there...it didn't. They are so not invited next year. I am taking girls who will appreciate it!

There is a section dedicated to gingerbread houses. Some of them are simple and some of them are so amazing! I think it is a fun idea to do one of these for the festival of trees...maybe one day. This was one of our favorites.

I loved all of the girlie trees. The pictures at the bottom made me sad though. A lot of the trees were dedicated to people who had passed away. It was surprising how many of them were children. I thought it was a nice thought to decorate a tree in their remembrance. This was one of my favorites.

This was a fun tree full of elves. Complete with the elf on the side decorating it.

We have this picture a lot. Lincoln usually spends the majority of his time on Josh's shoulders. He always asks "Dad, can I sit on your head?" Who could resist that?!

The layout of the festival.

Lincoln's favorite was the superman tree.

This tree was Josh's favorite. If you can't tell it is made out of golf clubs. Pretty clever.

Palmer wanted his picture in front of the "Soccer Tree."

This tree was completely made of glass. We were told that the opening bid for it was $25,000 and that wasn't what it ended up selling for! It reminds me of something out of "The Grinch That Stole Christmas."