West Union House of Lights

We discovered this great light display at a house over in Beaverton.  The girls loved all of the inflatables and the less busy atmosphere than many of our other outings.

K&J.

Kathryn, Kurt, Jocelyn and me.  Photo credit: Lisa Clark.

Aspen Meadows Celebration of Lights

Aspen Meadows was gorgeous again this year.

Aspen Meadows from the front.

From the side.

Miracle of Miracles was the 2019 theme.

One of my favorite pictures of the girls from the whole season. J&K smiling at Kurt.

Kisses.

Family picture in the lodge.

Christmas Moments

J&K with the Cabela's Santa.

Attempting to get a Christmas card picture. K&J, mildly serious.

Small smiles.

Building excitement.

Two smiles!

This is why we don't sit on Santa's lap anymore.  Peek a boo, Santa.

Kathryn, me and Joce at the Neighborhood Church on Stafford.

Christmas Fantasy Trail

Our trip to the Fantasy Trail was an adventure.  It was a very foggy night so the drive was treacherous, but it was worth it.  Jocelyn loved the snow machine this year and stood directly underneath it to get snowed upon. Kathryn preferred the bubble machine to the snow machine. 

Jocelyn under the snow machine.

Covered in "snow."

We love this little house for a cute annual picture.  This shows another behind the scenes moment.

The girls on the trail.

Foggy moonlit night.

Waiting for the snow to start again.

Kathryn watching the bubbles.

J&K enjoying all of the sights and sounds.

Drew Coleman's Christmas Party

We were invited to Drew's annual Christmas party again this year.  He throws such a perfect family friendly event with Santa, llamas, good food and lots of fun.

This is one of my favorite Santa pics of the season.  I am trying to get the girls into position and nothing is going the way I envisioned. Santa is laughing, Jocelyn is adoring him, Kathryn is trying desperately to sit on Santa's chair facing backwards and I'm dying of laughter.

Welp, we tried.

We missed the llama photographer but got our own picture with them.

Behind the scenes of the Santa photos, courtesy of Kurt.

Almost right.

There we go.

Christmas in the Garden

We love the Christmas in the Garden display.  It's definitely worth the drive to Silverton. 

K&J with Santa. 

Mom, Joce, Dad, Kate and me.

Me, mom, Joce, Kurt and Kate in the new castle photo op.

Family picture in the light tunnel.

K&J glowing against the pretty Christmas tree in the marketplace.

Frog Pond Christmas Farm

Frog Pond Farm never disappoints at Christmas time. 

Dude the Camel watching Kurt trying to get the girls to smile.  Oddly enough, they all have similar facial expressions.

Jocelyn loves the llamas.

Llamas llove Kathryn.

Trying to get a festive shot of K&J.

Take 2.

Two smiles but no eye contact.

Festival of Lights at the Grotto

Our first Christmas outing this year was to the Grotto.  As always, the girls love the lights but the Christmas carolers and the puppet show are always the hit of the season.

Kathryn, Kurt and Jocelyn at the start of the lights, which was way brighter this year.

Kathryn watching the puppet show.

Jocelyn watched with a smile the whole time.

My cute family.

J&K together in the lights.

Couldn't decide which was a better picture so I settled on both.

Family picture by the new big green star.

In this little video, I was recording the girls' reactions to the puppet show. They are so tickled by the animal puppets, especially Charlie the Cat this year.  The second part is Jocelyn actually singing along to Away In a Manger.  You can't hear her but you can see her lips moving properly with the words.  My favorite is the end, where she always says "sleeping" in heavenly peace. 

Santa 2019

Jocelyn and Kathryn with Santa.