Alpine Village

A nearby church puts on an amazing event every year called the Alpine Village. They transform there entire church into a winter wonderland. They make little shops and the kids get to go into each one and participate in an activity of some kind. Two things make this event fantastic....number one....it's free! and number two...they require reservations so the gym is not overly crowded. This was the first year we've ever gone. I got brave and took all three kids, even though Rayden was in Ohio. We had a blast all night long.
We saw Santa and sat on his lap...

We told him what we wanted for Christmas....Kaleb wants Bakugan, Nathan wants a Wii and a Wii Star Wars game, and Aubri wants a kitchen.

We made candy cane crafts and heard the story of the candy cane...

we watched a train go round and round....and round and round....and round and round (they might have stayed at that thing all night if I didn't pry them away)

We played in the artificial snow that they had falling from the sky in their gym (how stinkin cool is that!?)

We posed as snowmen....

We made tops in the toy shop...

We watched a puppet show about a department store manager who learned the true meaning of Christmas...

We put sprinkles....scratch that....LOTS of sprinkles on gingerbread cookies (and later ate them with lemonade to drink before we left)
It was so much fun. What a fantastic outreach this must be. I pray that many many people heard about the good news of Jesus coming to earth through this event.