Southern Lights

Friday, December 13, 2008

One of my favorite Lexington Christmas traditions is visiting the Kentucky Horse Park to see the Southern Lights. It is magical.I love all the horse themed displays I am sure were made just for them. Here the horses would dash out of the starting gate and race down the track.The Horse Park will be host to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. This is a huge honor and it is a major event for all who are involved in horses. It is the first time it will be hosted in a non-European country.

Churchill Downs and the twin spires.There were fairytale lights. Here is Cinderella with her Fairy Godmother.The castle and the clock tower. The girls were yelling for us to slow down so they could properly enjoy the scene.Matt could not get enough of the Star Wars display.

Luke and Darth Vader

They had various arch ways lined up that had blinking snowflakes that gave the illusion they were falling. I loved it.Christmas scenes12 Day of ChristmasAnd of course Santa. After you drive through the lights there are various activities in the park.

Entering the petting zoo.

Matt loved this camel.Brynn loved getting close to the goats.

Trey and the cutest cow I have ever seen.Kaitlyn was content in Daddy's arms.There were llamas, porcupines, a kangaroo, and a donkey too.Next we took a ride on this Christmas train. Somehow the conductor got us all shoved (literally) into one car.

BrynnKaitlynTreyJoshMattWe said hello to Frosty.Then headed inside to get warm. You know you live in a humid place when you camera fogs up inside and takes five minutes to clear!

The girls loved the dollhouse display. They boys loved the model train sets. They were incredible and lifelike. This scene was a perfect copy of a place in Louisiana.This tree made my mind recall Christmas days as a child at the ZCMI Center in downtown Salt Lake City. They had a talking tree that looked just like this.Not quite the Santa the boys were hoping for. The real Santa near the gift shop had a mile long line.It was the perfect way to get a little of that 'Holly Jolly Christmas feeling' into our hearts!