Pantego Christmas

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is always a busy (and super fun) day for us. After seeing Santa and having lunch, my mom, Katie, and I go shopping while the boys take the kids home for naps. I get home just in time to help Neal set up the Christmas lights outside while we wait on Santa to come through our neighborhood for the annual Candy Train.

Santa finally arrived! Our lights were hung and we were getting pretty chilly, so we were glad to see the firetruck lights hit our street! Meredith asked Neal if we thought Santa would remember her from Bass Pro and if he would still have her list to look at that she gave him that morning, but Neal was pretty sure that he would already have it filed away so he would get all her requests in. She was excited to give him hugs. Jillian was excited to stay away - one Santa visit for the day was plenty for her!

After our visit from Santa, we headed to the park for the tree lighting. We got there with plenty of time and were able to take a ride on the little train and then got some hot chocolate and cookies - yum!

We ran into Meredith's buddy, Esther and so the girls got to ride the train with her!

Next up, the girls were ready to "Pull the Rope" to light the tree!

As always, they were thrilled that they were able to be a part of getting the tree to light up and we talk about it every time we drive past the lit tree in the park. Every year, this is just a reminder of how much I love where we live!