Meeting Santa...

I took the boys to the outlet mall (which is only a few minutes from our house and oh so dangerous for a shop-aholic like myself)

They have Colorado's largest Christmas tree which was actually quite impressive.

The boys were fascinated with the giant presents and asked repeatedly if they could open them.

Christmas music was blasting from giant speakers that were hidden in the tree.

Here Chasey is giving Colby a little snuggle, what a loving little brother.

More snuggles, the boys were checking out what Chasey calls, a 'cracker boy'. Chasey loves nutcrackers, much to my mom's dismay (she has always thought they were scary and have been her least favorite Christmas decoration).

The best part was the dance party that my boys started. When a groovy song came on they just couldn't help themselves from moving to the beat. I love that reckless abandon, we need more of it as adults.

Chasey Taylor

The boys saw the workers going back to fix the speakers and wanted to join them, they were afraid they would open all of the presents!

Chasey, my ham, always ready for a photo opportunity. Colby on the other hand could care less and was only concerned about those presents and whose job it was to open them.

Chasey's nervous grin as he saw Santa (what he calls Thanta) for the first time this season.

Colby's star struck smile, he adores Santa and remembers him clearly from last year.

Chasey, Santa and Colby. One of the highlights of the holiday season for sure!

Santa was even so kind and took some time to read the boys a story. We timed it perfectly, the weather was beautiful and there weren't any other kids waiting to visit.

Goodbye giant Christmas tree, we would wave at it every time we drove by on the highway. This was also the only way I could convince my kids to go shopping with me...promises of seeing the giant tree again.

Time for Webers to go...Chasey is trying to climb the fence. I wondered how long it would be before he attempted it.

After an exhausting morning visiting Santa the boys decided to play a little tune on the awesome music flutes that Auntie Melissa and Uncle Dustin got us. They created quite a symphony! (Just be glad this isn't a video!)