Festival of Lights!

We had a wonderful time last night with the kids. We went to a nearby historical site that has a "festival of lights" display every year at Christmas. We had a wonderful time walking through the grounds of this site and seeing all of the millions of lights and hundreds of holiday characters! The decorations that were displayed were some of the most beautiful I've ever seen and I KNOW I've never seen that many lights! In addition to the festival lights, near by shops were open and we browsed through many beautiful shops. We topped off the evening by having hot chocolates and ginger bread cookies from a store at the site that boasted "The best hot chocolate in the world" It was darn good! Other attractions we enjoyed watching were the ice skaters on the out door rink and horse drawn carriage rides. It was a wonderful time and we can't way to go back next year.

Large blocks were stacked on top of each other. This K and J were just too perfect to resist standing any one the "KJ's " in our house in front of.

One of the most beautiful mantles I've ever seen.

this is a courtyard area. When you look up, each small balcony has a life size angel figurine that moves. So beautiful!!

a closer look at one the angels

Kate and I pose with an elf

This giant nutcracker welcomes you to the site.

the lights were breath taking!

these whimsical angels were cute.

the horse drawn cinderella buggies looked like so much fun, but the cost to ride was WAY too expensive!

more moving characters adorn the outside of the main building