{"id":2748,"date":"2011-12-08T11:08:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2011-12-22T20:41:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T02:41:32","slug":"pigs-and-xmas-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/08\/pigs-and-xmas-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigs And Xmas Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_756blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_756blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_756blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_756blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_756blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_756blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s the Christmas season and we made our annual trek to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motleystreefarm.com\/\">Motley&#8217;s Christmas Tree Farm and Seasonal Extravaganza<\/a>. Abby always wants to ride the cow train until she actually gets seated in one of the cows. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7563blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7563blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7563blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"727\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7563blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7563blogsmall-300x311.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7563blogsmall-600x623.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Selecting and cutting down your own tree is a lot of fun. The kind of fun I&#8217;ll never experience again unless we move to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwtrees.com\/\">Pacific Northwest<\/a>. Gina has dropped the whole notion of actually choosing a locally grown Christmas tree and looks exclusively for those perfect trees that must be shipped in from farther north. Luckily for Motley&#8217;s they have an excellent selection of freshly hauled-in foreign trees. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7568blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7568blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7568blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7568blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7568blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7568blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The petting zoo is always fun. Gina loved the little pig wearing a sweater. Abby wouldn&#8217;t go near it. I failed utterly in my attempt to get an interesting photo of pig races. (I know, how is that different from the other photos on here? Very funny.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7631blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7631blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7631blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"636\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7631blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7631blogsmall-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7631blogsmall-600x545.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it was home to put up and decorate the tree. Bad picture of me, but good picture of Abby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7611blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7611blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7611blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7611blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7611blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7611blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These guys guard the living room from their sentry post on the mantle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7617blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7617blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7617blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7617blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7617blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7617blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abby&#8217;s offensive line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newblogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newblogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newblogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"618\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newblogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newblogsmall-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newblogsmall-600x529.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7621blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7621blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7621blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7621blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7621blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7621blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wine and hot dogs. We like to mix things up during the holidays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7647blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7647blogbig.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7647blogbig\" width=\"650\" height=\"901\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7647blogbig.jpg 650w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7647blogbig-300x415.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7647blogbig-600x831.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Playing with whatever that red stuff is has been Abby&#8217;s favorite part of Christmas tree day for the last three years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7660blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2748]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7660blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20111203_7660blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7660blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7660blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111203_7660blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abby stalking the wily tree lion to capture his elusive image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s the Christmas season and we made our annual trek to Motley&#8217;s Christmas Tree Farm and Seasonal Extravaganza. 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