A Great Day-For Fathers and Kids

We went to Grandpa's house today to celebrate Father's Day with him.

Of course, we showered Daddy with gifts and love also.
Ten Kids and a Dad
Ten Kids and a Grandpa
Grandpa and Grandma lost a few trees and a few "parts" of trees this past week during a thunderstorm. They became the perfect playground for the kids this afternoon.

Tree photo credits go to beautiful Becky!

We have a tree identification

Our tree has been identified.

First, I have to thank Jodie who told me it wasn't a pine tree.

It is a Norway spruce, and thanks to Theresa, I now have a site to tell pine, fir, and spruce trees apart.

And thanks to Stephanie, who linked me to a site to indentify all our trees.

What kind of pine tree do we have?

We are trying to identify this pine tree. (without going to the library for identification books-gas prices)

I have not been able to find an easy identification site on-line.

The branches hang downward off a main branch.

Here are new little pinecones next to last years pinecones.
Teeny, tiny pinecones. The discovery of these has caused the search to begin for the name of this tree.
Different stages of the pinecones in our unknown tree.