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Greetings Santa!

I broke my rule this year.

Normally I don't allow one iota of Christmas to infiltrate our home until the day after Thanksgiving. It's important to our family to savor each holiday and enjoy each other without rushing to get ready for the next one.  The budding excitement is such a rush as we pace ourselves and look forward to all sorts of holiday fun. But this year I broke the rules.

Why, you ask?

Because Santa is in town! One of our family traditions is to see Santa when he visits the VSA Mansion, a beautiful and historic building in downtown Reno. They host incredible art projects throughout the year along with fundraisers to support services for people with disabilities. We've made it a part of our tradition because it's a great setting to meet Santa. Not too loud, not too crowded, not in a mall surrounded by shopping and junk food. Though there is a time and a place for that! With the kiddos it's nice to take them somewhere that feels homey. And there are arts and crafts. Plus we get to use our own camera and there is no fee! Setting the date for Santa's arrival is beyond our control. Like Cassidy said, "He's busy, we gotta see 'em when he's here!" So off to the mansion we went today and Santa did not disappoint.

While there we ran into our good friends the Richmers! The girls loved running around outside. Which is a real treat seeing as how it's the latter part of November and still gets into the 50s here. We take advantage of any day we can get out to enjoy the sun :-)


















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