For the past three years, my and Tim's families have been celebrating Christmas a week apart. So, our Christmas celebration usually lasts a week long. This year, we our celebration starts on the 23rd and lasts until January 1st. Now, I won't promise to blog about every day's celebration, but I will try my heartiest to include you all in our Christmas festivities.
Yesterday, we drove down to my parents house in Southern Oregon. It took us 4 and a half hours to get there because of all of the stops we had to make, but it was such a fun ride. Both boys were either happily playing or sleeping for most of the trip which made this Mama and Daddy so happy since we were actually able to talk for most of the trip.
The excitement began when we were at Grandpa and Grandma's house and cousins came to play, dinner was eaten, and a birthday cake for Jesus was brought out. This last part kind of confused Beniah because as he put it, "Jesus not here. Where Jesus?" He was very happy to blow out the candle and eat the cake.
Afterwards, we all drove to a local park, climbed into the back of my Dad's truck, and drove through the Festival of Lights. The boys immensely enjoyed this experience.
Elijah kept pointing and quietly saying, "Ights!" Beniah kept pointing out various light displays and was very excited to see a horse drawn wagon full of passengers. While I admit that some of the displays were pretty cool (who wouldn't want to drive under a lava archway?), there were some that were ... interesting.
What light show isn't complete without misspelled hotdog stands, nine year old commemorative display, alligators attacking some monkeys, a nativity scene that includes a menorah, a representation of the doom of the dinosaurs, and a very creepy snowman?
My all time favorites were the Santa Claus lights, especially the one were Santa is abducted by some aliens.
1 comment:
Wow! I don't remember the festival of lights being that cool. I'm so jealous. Thank you for posting - it's almost as good as being there with you. :)
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