A Fun Packed Saturday Night

We all had a blast this past Saturday night. Heather and I planned a trip to our local apple orchard Erwins Orchards in South Lyon. This is only their 2nd year for this light display and they did an wonderful job. Lots and lots of colors and it was very different to go through an apple orchard with decorated trees. Very unique idea! Here is the website if you live around South Lyon, Michigan and are interested in a visit http://erwinorchards.com/elf.html. They put alot of work and expense to entertain all of us. Thank you so much Erinwin's!!!!

When we first arrived we were greeted by two snow plows clearing the parking lot. Of course Heather and I picked a night that was very wintery. We had snow all day and then just very pretty flurries during our visit to the light festival. It was very windy and pretty cold so we wore layers and layers of clothing, our down coats, boots and a snuggy blanket for the wagon ride.

The first lighted sign we saw after the entrance was this "elf" sign so I asked Tom to stand behind it. Somehow it just fit his personality!

We headed up the sidewalk to pay for our admission tickets (VERY reasonable at $5 for a fun night and a 25 minutes wagon ride through the orchards) when we came upon THUNDER the reindeer. He was just adorable and very happy to be in the cold windy snow! We asked the elves how old he was and they said he was 6. They said most reindeer only live to be around 8 years old.We entered this wonderfully decorated pole barn where the admission stand was set up. They had picnic tables and hay bales set up everywhere as well as a nice patio heater and gorgeous christmas lights. We stopped for a bit to get warm and took these pics.

Heather and Reon

Tom and Me

Reon and Tom at Santa's entrance

We then headed off to another building to get some of those great "pumpkin" donuts and hot chocolate. Yum...they were great! Some had carmel glaze and some had sprinkles.

Erwins did a wonderful job decorating this building also! Much to our surprise we even had a chance to talk with Mr. and Mrs. Clause. They were just adorable! Santa even offered to take a pic of all of us. Here are a few pics of the decor inside. It was very pretty and cozy and of course the donuts made the smell even better.

We hopped on the wagon and off through the orchards. We weren't able to get many pictures of the lights because the wagon was quite bouncy. Here is a pic of the Land of the Dinosaurs.

After our night outside was done we headed back to Heather and Reon's home and played a little Wii. She made us some great hot Frappuccino with mini marshmallows.....

Ummmm Ummmmm GOOD!

As my husband always says....A FUN TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!!!!