Holiday Cheer 2021 {3} - Holiday Lights at the Lake!

Remember when we use to visit the Holiday Lights, Magical Nights up in Decorah? It has been three long holiday seasons since we've been able to do that and I have certainly missed it. When I heard about Holiday Lights at the Lake I was so excited.

This inaugural event took place at the West Overland Campground near us and had over 30 professional displays. They have been open since Thanksgiving and will run through New Year's Eve. Thursday-Tuesday, you will drive through and it will cost the following: $10/car, $20 large van/limo, $30 mini bus, or $50 charter/party bus. On Wednesdays, you can walk for $5/person. All proceeds of the event benefit the Bird House, Hospice Home of Johnson County.

Our original plan was to attend on Wednesday, December 15 but that night didn't turn out the way we all expected. Thankfully, not a lot of damage in our neck of the woods. Instead, we went on Wednesday, December 22 and also got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus! 

Overall, I was pretty impressed. The displays were really nice but it was the volunteers. They were like a well-oiled machine, directing traffic, helping hundreds of cars to park, helping people stay on the right path, etc. We will definitely be back!

Learn more about Holiday Lights at the Lake and the Bird House!

 

 

 

 

Holiday Cheer 2021 {2} - Gifts!

Here are a few highlights from the boys' gifts this year!

Lincoln Logs - both boys have gotten use out of this already!

Puzzle Cubes - it came as a set of five so they've had fun trying to work 

on all of them even though most of them are pretty difficult.

Pokemon Elite Trainer Box - We got both boys their own box and they had a lot of fun opening these with Gspice. Jack was pretty lucky with his box and got quite a few really good cards. 

Dot-to-Dot Books - Jack and Owen have really gotten into drawing dot-to-dot pages at BASP. 

This was a no brainer for them! They each got their own book.

Below are a few more of the gifts they got this year:

1000 piece Pokemon puzzle

Game Controller Fidget Bubble-Pop Toy

LED Light Fidget Spinner

Punching Bag for kids

Merry Christmas!

Holiday Cheer 2021 {1} - Santa Sightings!

We ventured out to a few spots this year where we knew Santa would be. I don't think we've got too many years left for the boys to believe in this big guy so I wanted to squeeze out as many as we could. Sadly, we only made it to two but that's okay. Less risky, right? Here's hoping that we still have Santa believing kiddos next year! Also, check out the last picture of Teddy!

Saturday, December 4 -  Breakfast with Santa  -  Photos by Sandi Spurrell

We missed most of the festivities with this event by accident - I got the time wrong! 

My bad but thankfully we got to the Rec Center with a few minutes to spare. 

And here's the picture I took of Jack as he was telling Santa that he 

wanted a Nintendo Switch but they are too expensive. 

Wednesday, December 22 -  Holiday Lights at the Lake  -  Photo by me!

We walked along the light display on this night and we'll post about that soon!

Saturday, December 18 -  Cedar Run Pet Boarding  -  Photo by onsite staff

We took Teddy to see Santa too! Cedar Run Pet Boarding hosted free pictures with Santa and thought it'd be so dang cute to take Teddy. I kind of wish we had one of her last year too because she was still so little then. You can check out the rest of their dog photos on their Facebook page. Every dog is looking at the camera!