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    I'm a farm wife, a mama and a photographer living in Virginia.

    My camera is typically filled with images of sunrises, dusty fields, even dustier children and whatever we happen to be planting or harvesting at the time.

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    - Jennifer Warthan

We Actually Went Somewhere

I know, it’s shocking. But we did. We left the farm and travelled to see Santa at one of the Yankee Candle flagship stores in Williamsburg. Yikes.

 

 

It was incredible. Rooms and rooms and rooms full of candles. I didn’t even buy ONE. I mean, how could I possibly choose? So I decided to focus on the Dylan’s Candy Bar located inside the store instead.


 

 

 

These are the unscented candles.

 

Ha! Gotcha. Just kidding…

You get to fill ‘em up. I bet these smell realllllll goooood.

No offense to Blaine.

 

The store itself was beautiful, of course. But then… BUT THEN….

 

The “village”.

It was like a little town right inside the store. With a cloudy blue sky and everything.

I usually blog from outside in the country. Today I’m blogging from inside, in the city, in a place made to look like outside. Hmmmm.

Here’s Santa to distract us from that complicated thought. Santa!!

 

Then the magical room. The room in which it snows. Snow! Inside!

 

No, I haven’t ingested anything strange. Why do you ask?

 

This should hold us until we get out among civilization again in approximately 361 days.

annaDecember 13, 2009 - 7:09 pm

I LOVE that place, it’s just magical. The first pic on here of you is such a great pic!

The Cotton WifeDecember 13, 2009 - 7:16 pm

Shelby took it!

ellie kDecember 13, 2009 - 7:22 pm

I love red heads since my grandsons have red hair. They live in Germany with my military son and will be here next for a little vacation with us. I am super excited since this is there first Christmas here in about 5 years. We plan a big deal with both our kids and there families here. Our daughter lives here in Ruskin with her farmer husband.

AngelenaDecember 13, 2009 - 7:32 pm

That is sooo cool! I love it all – the village, Santa, the snow. Now why oh why didn’t they have cool stuff like that when we were kids. I remember one year our Santa had on a plastic mask- I am not kidding- he was scary!!

Looks like the kidos had a great time!

The Cotton WifeDecember 13, 2009 - 7:35 pm

Angelena,

That sounds like a blog post! A Santa in a plastic mask??? That’s the stuff of little kid nightmares!

annaDecember 13, 2009 - 7:37 pm

Thanks for the Yankee coupon on here!

SusieDecember 14, 2009 - 7:47 am

This made me want to gather up all the grandchildren and head over to the burg! I really do miss working in Colonial Williamsburg especially this time of the year….it was so pretty and almost magical……

KathDecember 14, 2009 - 8:34 am

What a beautiful place!! And snow???? How cool is that! Magical!

I need to visit a place like that…to thaw out! Suppose to be bitter bitter cold tonight and next several days! :(

MomDecember 14, 2009 - 6:12 pm

One of the most fun days I’ve had in quite some time. I wouldn’t trade this day for anything.

Love you all!!!

Katie@Yoga GalDecember 15, 2009 - 7:42 am

OMG. I want to go! Its only what, 10 hours away.

I know I say this constantly, but your kids are just gorgeous. Like, Gap Kids Ad gorgeous.

Carrie TDecember 15, 2009 - 2:50 pm

If I wasn’t such a Scrooge I would love to visit that place. Beautiful pictures. The one of all your kids on Santa’s lap is wonderful!

MichelleDecember 18, 2009 - 9:08 am

That place looks so cool! I want to go there! Too bad its really far away from me :(

Also, you should know that anytime I see a pic of your two littlest ones together, it makes me want another myself. They look like they are going to have such fun growing up together and being so close in age. If I get pregnant again soon I’m blaming it all on your blogging pics of your precious children. :) haha!

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