We live in the midst of a lot of tree farms, but instead we drive 50 minutes to Loch Lolly Christmas Forest. We love it. We get there early and we wait for Santa. And then we hear his bells as he walks down the gravel road shouting, "Ho Ho Ho MERRY CHRISTMAS!" My boys hear him and their faces light up with excitement and they RUN up the gravel road to greet him.
From there, the boys join him in his sleigh and he talks to them at length about what they want for Christmas and whether they've been good. He asks them to leave him cookies and to please not forget about his reindeer who would love some carrots.
To look back at our fun from Loch Lolly in previous years, click here.
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| Running to Santa |
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| Telling Santa about all the Transformers he wants for Christmas. He brought an example. |
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| What IS this? |
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| Walking with Bompa Allen |
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| Helping Nana Sue find the perfect tree |
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| We found the "best tree ever!" |
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| brotherly love |
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| Nanie Janie helping Finley drink his hot cocoa by the pond |
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| hot cocoa by the fire and the pond |
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| My boys |
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| Part of our tradition is to have lunch afterwards at McMenamins Lodge in Forest Grove |
4 comments:
both of those family pictures are great!
I love this! What a fun tradition!
So cute
Oh my - I absolutely LOVED reading about your tradition. You have such a great family, Sally. :) Phil and I are trying to find a real Christmas tree somewhere around here ... so far we've found a little 2 footer for $50 ... a little spendy, but it's still potted, so I'm trying to convince Phil that we could keep it alive for next year too!
Phil says Hi and keep up the good photography. ;)
Happy Christmas season!
mel and phil
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