Willard Bay State Park

Saturday Night we took the kids out to Willard Bay State Park. We had seen the immense light display from the freeway and couldn't resist not stopping in. Our friend had told us that last year when she went her kids loved it, so we were sold. We loaded everyone in the car and headed off.

As soon as we pulled through the gates the kids were ecstatic They loved seeing all the different light arrangements and hearing all the Christmas music. My favorite was that we got to enjoy everything from the comfort of our car! The way it's set up is that you drive around the entire section of the state park that has the light displays and then at the end you can park and get down if you'd like. So we drove and drove and when we were all done asked the kids if they wanted to get down. I was hoping for a "No" because it was really cold (25* to be exact) but they shouted out a resounding "YES!!" Thank goodness we brought their jackets!!

We got down and were informed that we could get in line for Santa as well as for a Wagon ride. The kids wanted to do Santa first and on our way to see him they had Reindeer out for everyone to look at.

Here's the Reindeer. The kids were wondering when it was going to take off flying!! LOL!!
Here is part of our group waiting in line for Santa. My favorite is Lexie! Even though she was in her warm baby bunting I thought it might still be too cold for her. So Jared suggested he put her inside his coat with him!! What a fabulous idea! She was so toasty warm that she actually fell asleep for part of the night!!

Here's the rest of the group. Well, I should say me!! Jackson really wanted I be in the picture...I think it was just an excuse for him to use the camera:)

And here they are with Santa Claus! He was such a nice guy! The kids loved it and were so calm when they went up to him! And amazingly,when he asked what they wanted for Christmas they only said one item! NICE:)

All in all we had a great night. We never ended up doing the Wagon Ride because it was so cold and after waiting for 25 minutes we called it quits. The kids were a bit bummed but we took them out to milkshakes after and that seemed to be just fine with them! What a fun night!