The Saturday after Thanksgiving we drove to Leavenworth to attend the Christkindlmarkt. Leavenworth is a darling little Bavarian town, about two hours from us.
The children made lanterns for the Lantern Parade. They were pretty neat, a large glow stick hung inside each, so the lanterns were surprisingly bright, and still safe to hold.
Meeting a Nutcracker. Every child's dream.
For the Lantern Parade, the children got to march down the street with their lanterns held high, leading the way for Santa, Mrs. Claus, and St. Nikolaus. (St. Nik and Santa must be cousins)
The town was fun to explore, tons of cute Germanic and Scandinavian shops. There was even an Australian shop, which seemed a tad out of place, but still neat to browse through.
Hyrum's feet got wet (from jumping in puddles) so for the last half of our visit he sat in the stroller, with new dry socks on his feet, no shoes, and his legs stuck in the arms of my extra coat. So that's why he isn't in any of the Santa pictures. =0)
Brielle was thrilled to meet Santa.
Showing Santa her lantern. Ideally this is a town that should be perused without children, but we still had a great time at the festival!
"I think I could reach those ones....if only I knew how to unclasp my hands."
The town was fun to explore, tons of cute Germanic and Scandinavian shops. There was even an Australian shop, which seemed a tad out of place, but still neat to browse through.
Russell's parents came to visit us in October, back when Clara was one month old. We blessed Clara during their stay so this post should go back by those pictures, but I'm lazy these days. We thoroughly enjoyed their visit, and we did tons of fun things. We went to the zoo, the Pacific Science Center, restaurants, and the kids had a wonderful time playing with their Grandparents. These are all pictures from the zoo.
The jaguar is one of our favorites. If you look in the reflection of the glass you can see all of us in this photo. Russ wasn't there, he joined us later for dinner.
