Santa and the Reindeer Sighting...

As I catch up on Christmas blog post I have to include the night we went to see

Santa and the reindeer.

The line was long but this year we were inside so we were at least warm and

cozy.

While Curtis and I waited inside with Gabriella, Nicholas went outside to check on

the reindeer.  He told us that there were two big reindeer and a baby reindeer

and they were really cute!  As soon as we saw Santa we would go see the

reindeer.

Santa was extremely nice and attentive and Gabriella didn't have a fear in the

world sitting and chatting with him!

After we saw Santa we went out to see the reindeer; it seems that we just

missed them as they had to fly back to the North Pole! 

There were some nice girls who asked if we would take their picture and they

would in turn take ours...so we took them up on it!  The following Sunday morning

after leaving our unbelievable Christmas program at our church, which included a

live camel among other animals, we were walking out to our car when a very nice

lady stopped us.  She asked Gabriella if she would like to see something.  She

 opened the side door of her van and there was a tiny baby reindeer!!!  We were

simply amazed!!!  We later found out this is the same family that provides

reindeer to where we were the night before!  The lady was very kind in allowing

 us to see her reindeer and apologized that we missed them the evening

before! This is one thing I love about the city where we live; the spirit of

thoughtfulness and kindness is so prevalent here!  Recently we were just voted

as the most optimistic city in America; I would have to say I totally agree and it's

 a wonderful place to call home!