Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

As we are away from our family and friends from North Carolina, I like to share some of the fun times and adventures that we have in Colorado. Last weekend, the Whitakers invited us to their home for dinner along with a few other couples. It was such a fun evening! All of the food was so good! One of the appetizers that we had, I wanted to share with my family as I know they would like to try it. It only has three ingredients: Mushrooms, cream cheese and sausage. You stuff the mushrooms with a mixture of sausage and cream cheese and bake until done. I am planning on trying to make this soon. Robbie, also served this Almond Tea which I thought was very good. This recipe has been in her family for years. Almond Tea: Pour 2 cups boiling water over 3 tea bags, cover and set aside. Mix 1 cup sugar with 2 cups boiling water in a saucepan and boil. After mixture starts to boil add 1 tsp almond extract, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1/3 cup lemon juice. Let mixture boil for 5 minutes. Mix with steeped tea. (Sounds good, doesn't it?)

Okay, I know the subject was our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.......then, on Saturday morning we set out on an adventure with friends, Wayne and Yvonne to the Poudre Canyon and Red Feather Lakes area in search of a Christmas Tree. We haven't had any snow in Denver so far, so it was nice to drive to an area with snow. A National Forest, (I think, or maybe a state forest,) opens up every year to people to find the perfect Christmas Tree. It was pretty chilly but fun getting all bundled up and walking around in the forest looking at trees. Our first stop was to have our picture made with Smokey the Bear. It was pretty good exercise walking around in the woods and checking out the trees. After a while, we found a pretty tree for Wayne and Yvonne. We weren't planning on getting a tree, but I couldn't resist. We found a very small tree and loaded them in the truck. We had a wonderful lunch provided by Wayne and Yvonne on the camp stove which included all types of breakfast burritos, hot chocolate, chips, and chocolate for dessert. Afterwards, Wayne was going to take us back home by way of Poudre Canyon. Somehow, we just couldn't find our way there, but had some adventures as we continued to take wrong turns. As we drove down one snow covered road, we discovered that it was closed. As we turned around heading back, we saw a guy by the side of the road, trying to flag us down. Wayne stopped and he told us that his car was stuck in the snow and needed help to get his car out of the snow. Being the good samaritan that Wayne is, we headed toward the direction of the stranded car and after several attempts, he saved the day! We continued on our journey but ended up going home the way we came, instead of going through Poudre Canyon.

I'm not the best writer, but hope that you can tell that we did have quite a unforgettable weekend. I have posted a few pictures of our tree adventure.