Christmas Time is Near!

Rich, Rachel and I went to the Frederik Meijer Gardens together on Saturday and had a fun filled day! We started off by looking at all the beautiful Christmas trees from around the world. Rachel truly loves looking at all the ornaments on the trees. A cute family shot...

Rachel LOVES trains and there are several on display. Here, she followed the train as it made its rounds.

I love this picture of Rachel, you can see the wonderment in her eyes as she is taking it all in!

Rachel stops at the Dutch tree every time! She adores the delft wooden shoes.

Holding hands with Daddy...

The highlight of Rachel's day was getting the chance to meet two of Santa's Reindeer! (We told her that Santa lent them for us to look at, but they would not be flying because they were saving their energy for pulling Santa's sleigh and delivering gifts.) She thought that they were wonderful, but she chose to admire them from afar and did not want to pet them.

They are such beautiful creatures, aren't they?!?!

This one was a baby - only 6 months old! She still had fuzz on her little antlers.

We jumped in the sleigh for a quick family picture before leaving. What an awesome day!!!