Susie has this cute tree made out of pinecones and she has put it out at Christmas for as long as I can remember. Last year they found these little mini lights to put on it and it was especially cute. When I had asked where she got it she told be that Grandpa Orville had made a bunch of pinecone trees as gifts one year and had given them to all the kids. She was pretty proud that she had the last remaining pinecone tree. The others, including Grandma Virginia's, had fallen apart over the years or had met the fate of mice. I got the feeling that Virginia was a little irked that Susie had the last remaining tree. Anyway, long story short I told Robb about a year ago that he should make Grammy a new pinecone tree for Christmas. It could be a fun little project for him and the kids. Now fast forward 11 months and 3 weeks to the week of Christmas and Robb suddenly remembers that he was going to make pinecone tree. He makes a chicken wire base in the garage for the tree. Now in the garage it looked like it would be an okay size. Now in our kitchen it was a huge pinecone tree! Second problem: how in the world did Orville attach these things? Third problem: Where are we going to get enough pinecones to cover a 3 foot tree? All great questions. That didn't stop him! After about 12 stops at Menards for wire, lights, zip ties etc and 2-3 trips to Pioneer Park to steal all the pinecones we were set. So it got down to crunch time. Twas the night before Christmas and all the the house not a creature was stirring except Robb and his wire cutters until about 2am finishing up his tree. The tree is huge, the tree is adorable, the tree has a great story and most of all, Robb wonders how in the hell Orville convinced himself to make more than one of these darn things! I know grandpa Orville was getting a kick out of watching all of this unfold!
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