Gratituesday: LaSalette

Last weekend, we all went to the Shrine at LaSalette to see all the beautiful Christmas lights display. This place is awesome, and it's a yearly tradition for our family. We like to go right after Thanksgiving so it's not freezing out yet, and it gets us into the Christmas spirit.

The kids are always delighted to see the 300,000 lights and since it is a Catholic shrine, the emphasis is on the true meaning of Christmas, so a Nativity takes center stage, not Santa.

Here's some pictures of the evening:

This is a view from across the pond at the Rosary walk. Mary is the statue lit up in the center. And below is Mary up close. Although Eamon did call her a Native American :)

I think if these trees were closer together and a little smaller, this would make such a cute Christmas card!

The next two pictures are of Eamon and then Maggie sitting on the donkey with Mary while a statue of Joseph leads the way. We always sit the little kids right up there with Mary and snap a picture before we get in trouble!

My parents came along too, and everyone posed in front of the Nativity.

(Eamon is making friends with the random little boy next to him)

Don't be sad, Mary, it's your feast day today!