Snow & Christmas Lights

We had our first really good sized snowfall of the year yesterday and even though it was too cold, I had to let the boys out in it for a few minutes. They were just too excited. It was starting to get dark already but I wanted to snap some pictures of their first romp in the snow this winter.

See those 3 dark figures in the back?? Those are my boys running in the snow. I love how you can see all of the snowflakes coming down.

This one is kinda cool. Drew is throwing a snowball up in the air. Can you see the whooshing streak it makes?? (yes, whooshing is a word)

My little boyfriend. We couldn't find the poor kid's hat so he's wearing one of his big brothers' hats.

Poor Santa, I'm sure he didn't think he and Rudolph would be pelted with snow balls.

After supper we headed over to the Avenue of Lights. We love to drive through the park every year and see this spectacular display. This year the boys insisted that we not go through it until it snowed because it would look better. They were right. The only bad thing was I put newly charged batteries in my camera before we headed out and they weren't charged anymore so my camera acted up and I only got a few pictures. So I'll make do with these few because I doubt I'll pay another $7 to go in just to take some pictures.

Here's one of my favorite parts.....the blinking light tunnel. It's just magic.

I think this candle display was new this year. I just thought it was so beautiful.

I was trying to capture my other favorite part.....the fireworks. You can kind of see them along with the palm trees and dinosaur lights in the background. Yes, dinosaurs are an important part of Christmas, didn't you know??
I somehow managed to get this last picture before we hit home. This is a house in our neighborhood. Yes, it's gaudy and tacky but I love it. The more lights, the better I say!!!