The Stanley's: Rudolph and Santa, what could be better?!

Jim was out of town this weekend :-(, but Julia and I kept very busy with holiday related outings. On Saturday morning we went to the Cougar Mountain Zoo for the Reindeer Festival with Shannon/Danny, their kids and our friend DeAun and her little boy Logan (one of Julia's best friends). Julia got to see Bengal tigers, cougars, emu's, macaws, lemurs and of coarse the star attraction, the reindeer's. It really is a cute place, and small enough were Julia could walk the whole zoo and not get tired and still be entertained by all the animals that were there. She got to feed the reindeer apples and see Rudolph (the only male reindeer there). Saturday night we went to a friends holiday party and Santa made a trip from the North Pole to see all the kids there! She was very pleased with herself as she did not cry on his lap. She saw last years picture and how she was balling on his lap and laughed when she saw it. I don't think she understood why she was crying and told us she would not cry this year. So far, she has kept good on her promise, we will see when the official Santa photo has to be taken. On Sunday morning we went to my mom's to play. Now we are both resting before daddy comes home tonight, we are both way too excited to have him back!!!!

Riding Santa's sleigh with Cameron and Ellie