Storybook Lane

Alpenrose Dairy is a fully functioning dairy really close to our complex. And they have built up a little Western looking town with store fronts you can go in and see, like a school, post office, cobbler shop, piano shop and Opera House. (The Opera House is legit, with 600 theatre seats and a 4,000 pipe organ). They also have a bakery (for real food) and model trains set up. It is so cute and we enjoyed seeing the dairyville all set up for Christmas.

This is the second year they have been open, and they have Santa in his own building/house set up at a photo booth We took Eli to get his picture taken with Santa. He wasn't too pleased with the sitting on a strange man's lap thing, but we got come cute photos.

 I can't help it, I love the little scowl

They also have an area called Storybook Lane with 4-H raised animals in little houses, among 100s of Christmas trees and little story clips along the way. So Cute!

Here are some other pictures from around Dairyville.

 Eli loved watching the model trains!

Inside the Western Town style Candy Shop

Inside the Post Office.

Visiting Dairyville made for a wonderful Saturday morning outing, and the perfect start to David's Christmas break. Yay!