Christmas time in Dairyville

Well this year we followed our annual tradition of going to Alpenrose Dairy to see Santa and enjoy their adorable holiday set up. The only thing is this year it was FREEZING.... Usually I have all sorts of pictures of the kids drinking cocoa and walking around the adorable little "dairyville" but this year you will notice our pictures stayed indoors. Although usually this is usually one of our favorite holiday traditions, this year it was PRETTY DARN COLD! It was cold out and the wind was really blowing, so it was difficult to really enjoy the scene.

Anyways we still did have some fun times.

Here is little reece standing outside looking cold (and just cute in his little fleece suit):
Here are the little guys on Santa's Lap - Reece was on there too for a second, but I couldn't snap a shot of it because he was REALLY ready to get AWAY from the strange man with the beard. I love the smiles I got from the boys for this obviously forced pose (they had already smiled for the main pic and I think they were done with the posing).Here is a GREAT pic of Owen and Santa sharing a special moment... I'm not quite sure what Owen was asking for (and Santa really couldn't decipher it either) but it really was so sweet to see our little man so sincere with the big guy - and what a really great Santa they had too!
Lastly, although Reecey really wasn't digging Mr. Claus in person, he was really excited about this Santa, I guess a "pretend" Santa seemed much more approachable to Reece.So all in all it was a fun time. An annual tradition upheld, one on one time with Mr. Claus, and the Santa Doll too. Ofcourse there was also Hot Chocolate, and pretty lights, but really it was quite hard to focus on any of that when we all thought we might die of cold.... Maybe next year we'll be back to the moderate temperatures that this little family was built for!