Day 8 of the December Challenge. Today Allison and I took Eva to pick out her first Christmas Tree. The local Boy Scout Troop sells the trees each year and I want to help support them when the time comes around. The boys are always helpful and they even cut the trunk and loaded it on the car for us. This Boy Scout was particularly helpful so I gave them an extra donation.
we wandered around the small lot picking up trees and seeing how nice they looked, we saw many that didn’t fit the bill. However the one we did find was perfect. We paid for it and then one of the boy scouts cut the trunk for us. He cut it crooked. So this boy scout who mas much more skilled re-cut it for us and it is much straighter. They even tied up the tree to the car for us. While I trusted their knot tying abilities I was happy that we only lived around the corner.
I took a few other photos today.
Also thanks so much for the votes in the first round of the iBlogCup. I made it to round two and need all the votes I can get each day from today till the 13th. If I make it through I will move on to the 3rd round. Please help if you can. It only takes a second to go to iBlogCup and click the Vote button next to The Ben Spark.
This road was so incredibly long. The shot was taken in Oregon when I decided that I wanted to take a scenic route. While the ride was very very scenic. I listened to about 25 podcasts and drove for 6 extra hours. To say that the road was a long one was an incredible understatement. However this is my absolute favorite road photo I have ever taken so it was worth the long hours along a long windy lonely road in Oregon.
I am running three concurrent contests this month. Today is the 8th, that means in one week I will be done accepting entries into the contest. There are a few people who are in the running to try and win a GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr Lite. But the race is by no means over and done with. However there are two other contests with prizes for 1st second and third place. So this month there will be 7 winners out of all my contests. That is if you participate. I have yet to get one entry in either the Win a Baby Sherpa Diaper Backpack or the Win a Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt contests. So what I am telling you is that you have a very good chance of walking away with some sweet prizes for writing a pretty simple post.
also if all went well I made it through the 1st round of the 3rd International Blog Cup and if so I am going to need even more votes in the next round. Please go to 3rd International Blog Cup and click the vote button next to the link to The BenSpark.
One Family's Adventures in the World
