Kent and I had a quiet Thanksgiving with just the two of us. I think it may be the first Thanksgiving we've spent alone in the thirty-five years we've been married! We both spent the day working on projects--Kent putting up the Christmas lights in the yard and me working on the decorations for the ward Christmas party, which was the next week.
On the Friday night after Thanksgiving we worked at the temple, but on the Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to Christmas Town at Busch Gardens near Williamsburg.
We went a couple of years ago, but this time it was definitely much more crowded. Here's how the decorations looked in the daytime when we arrived.
The magic happened after it got dark; here's the same view at night.
One thing we missed when we went two years ago was the nativity story play that had been highly recommended to us. We went to it first thing so we wouldn't miss it on this visit.
The play had its moments, but the music was way too jazzed up for my taste. Kind of a Hollywood version of the nativity play, I'd say. It wasn't my favorite.
One thing they had that I didn't notice before was a cage with live eagles in it. That's probably the closest I've ever been to a bald eagle.
This was one of our favorite trees. It looked like the tree of life.
The park boasts over 8 million lights and claims to be the largest Christmas lights display in America.
There were lots of pretty views, but we didn't get many good pictures.
Just two days after we went to Christmas Town, my Bible Study group went to Mount Vernon.
We watched the introductory movie and toured the house; photos aren't allowed inside the house.
During the Christmas season Mount Vernon has a camel on display, since when George Washington was alive he would bring a camel to Mount Vernon..
Afterwards we ate lunch at the Mount Vernon restaurant. The food isn't very good and it's expensive, but the ambiance is nice!
These were two nice activities to kick off the Christmas season this year!
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