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Ben and I met in 1996, began dating in 1999 and married in 2001. Now 20 years and 2 children later, we have returned to where our life together began. Ben works for the Federal Reserve and I have the privilege of staying home with our two precious boys.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas Eve and Magical Nights of Lights

Christmas Eve came and we were busy getting ready for Santa 
and making our Happy Birthday Jesus cake! 

After breakfast, we started by making cookies and snowmen. 
Ethan got to lick the spoon, can you tell?

 After naps, I had a couple of helpers making silly faces

Then Mimi came and she brought MORE presents

Radio control Mater and Lightning McQueen! 
Caden was so cute!! He thought that you had to touch the antenna to Mater to make him go :-)

Then we put our Christmas PJ's on, blankets, and some of our yummy cookies and headed out to see the Magical Nights of Light. Lightning McQueen had to go with us, too :-)

The Magical Nights of Lights is a spectaular drive through light display with tons of thematic exhibits.
 Some golfers for Daddy


My favorite is the 12 Days of Christmas.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Somewhere along of the way, I missed one but it was still an amazing light display.

 The Wizard of Oz
  If you look at the cars in front of us, it will put the size of the display into perspective.

 When you reach the end, there is a small carnival set up as well as a huge fire pit, an ice rink, zip line, and Santa's workshop for some shopping, hot chocolate, and sweet treats.
 Santa's workshop

 We returned home to get snuggled in bed and Mommy tried to get one last picture in their Christmas pajamas. By that time, the giggles had kicked in and this was as good as it got.

We ended the night reading reminding Ethan of why we celebrate Christmas and reading the birth of Jesus from Luke.

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