The stockings are hung...

My new "Alaskan Sled Ride" snow globe

And the Christmas tree is up! To learn more about our harvesting of the Christmas tree, click here for the full story.

After a girl scout dog sledding patch program on Saturday and a cold, icy, rainy boy scout dog sledding patch program on Sunday, Eric and I and the sled dogs spent the afternoon on Saturday putting up the Maryland Sled Dog Adventures Christmas tree and hanging our other Christmas decorations.

After hanging the lights and a few ornaments

Ornaments waiting to go on the tree

Veteran lead dog, Zoe, watches from the safety of "her" chair

O'Christmas Tree!

Sled dog, Sobo helped us "mark" our special Christmas tree!

On Thursday, Eric and I along with Maryland Sled Dog Adventures LLC sled dog, Sobo, swung by the Pine Valley Christmas Tree farm in Elkton, Maryland where, for the past five years or so, we've been getting our Christmas tree. One of the best things about Pine Valley is that they will let you pick out and tag the perfect Christmas tree any time between November 8th and November 25th. Then, when you are ready to pick up your freshly cut tree, you let them know and either they will cut it for you, bale it and make it ready for you to pick up or you can come out and cut it yourself.

Eric and Sobo have found a tree....just kidding

Rows of lovely Fraser Firs

Tagging the "real" tree

Here at Maryland Sled Dog Adventures, we wouldn't know what to do without a freshly cut Fraser Fir (fur) as our Christmas tree. This year's tree is large, standing nearly nine feet and is a lovely, bushy Fraser Fir which is my favorite type of Christmas tree because of it's lovely smell, compact needles, and elegant branches. Showing his festive spirit, our favorite red and white Siberian Husky, Sobo, even donned his collar of bells.

Fraser fir: my favorite type of Christmas tree

An elf and her helper

Future Christmas trees