Santa Comes to Town!!

A beautiful Saturday full of fresh new snow..and we were off to see SANTA! With chains on the car we cruised down the mountain road in a true winter wonderland!! Something about the chaining and seeing families at top and bottom preparing for the ventures on the mountain. Gives me this sense of a neat little community all loving the snow and mountain lifestyle..now ask me again in March and i might think differently of chains!!!!!

Well we made it to town. Already the 4th year to visit Jolly old St.Nick and Mrs. Clause at the Old American Legion...Now the best is that in years past it wasn't a smoke free place so we would walk in and just stink of smoke and laughed that is where the community would gather to see Santa! Fast forward to 2007..fresh, balloons covering the ceilings, Elves preparing photos and Kids in love with Santa..well some kids! Cedar was excited to sit on S. lap and tell of his wants a "kitchen Set" was his only toy!! Then Orien entered...ohh in terror...before I could even get me on his lap the crying and repetition of the word "done, done, done ..." began...the mom i am plopped him on Santa sat back for a quick photo of upset Orien (must have for the scrapbook)...Ended with lollipops and stuffed animals...Orien did leave saying "bye Santa" from the other side of the room! Bighorn sheep around our car for a drive home in the canyon...and sleeping Orien just in time for naps!!