Parks, christmas trees and warm cozy times by the fire

This past weekend was a great start to our first holiday together as a new family. Saturday we headed over to the park for a lil swing and slide action as this is Owen's new favorite activity. It was absolutely freezing out and actually snowing up in the Santa Cruz mountains, but completely worth while.

We then headed over to the harbor for the annual holiday boat parade where we were completely underdressed, meaning we should have been wearing snow suits, boots and probably even those scary looking face warmers, lol. Anyway we stuck it out to watch a bunch of boats lit up in holiday spirit parade around the SC harbor haha. No but really it was great, this will be a great holiday tradition as I'm sure Owen will be able to appreciate it a lot more as the years go on. The highlight of the night was this one boat that was definitely being driven by someone drunk off their **S lol. They almost drove the boat straight into the rocks, and actually would have if it wasn't for the harbor patrol that came to turn them around at the last minute. Their boat was just pilled with lights, making the boat tip side to side, so scary!! Here are a few pictures, keep in mind our camera takes awful pictures at night!!

The drunken boat!

The next day we were off to cut down our very first christmas tree. On our way up to the SC mountains it started to rain which was a huge bummer but luckly it didn't last long and when we arrived at the ranch it was fairly clear, however still freezing out!! Anyway this was the best christmas tree purchasing experience I have had since we use to live out in the boonies of Canada and would simply cut them down from our own back yard. Although nothing will ever live up to hiking in the secluded woods, sleigh in tale, snow up to your ears and no one in sight for miles, this is as close as it gets for us. Bella had a blast running around free and it was great to have Sal's family along with us.