Comforts of Grace

The Ramsay Christmas Tree - 2013 A family tradition we've enjoyed the past 32 years is decorating a live tree for Christmas.   If the family's schedule was especially hectic or kids were sick, we purchased pre-cut trees.  Other years, we braved the challenges of cutting our own tree with kids in tow.  Oh what fond and funny memories have been made over the years! This year, two of our grandkids joined Papaw and Nana for a road trip to Booth's Christmas Tree Farm in Orland, IN to select and cut a tree. Horse drawn wagons carried us to various fields of pine trees planted by size and species on the Booth Farm. Papaw,     Haylee-age 11,     Nana,     Kayne-age 9      Enjoying the wagon ride. We were dropped off at the 9 foot Scotch Pine section to begin our search.   We learned that pine trees typically grow one foot per year.  This section of trees was planted about eight years ago and is the first year for cutting in this field.  So we had many to choose