Tonight, before dinner, we all went to see Rhema's Christmas lights display. Here the lights proclaim, "A Child is Born, a Son is Given."

The classic Jesus train with the Merry Christmas caboose.

Mary pointed out a beautiful reflection as we walked around the grounds. Be sure to bundle up well and take time to enjoy a hot chocolate as we did.

The main pond always provides a photographic opportunity.

Frosty the Snowman has a big heart.

Now here's a photographic nightmare...a brightly lit display with two little troopers posing right in front. If you use a flash to light up the foreground subjects, the display gets washed out. Balance the photo so the display looks good and the foreground subjects are too dark. My solution...take a good picture of the display and photoshop the heck out of the boys boosting their brightness and tweaking their contrast. I've seen photos in front of this flag elsewhere on the internet but none any better than this one. Without combining two differently exposed images, I don't know how to get a better image.

Mama and the boys pose with Santa and the American flag. More pictures after the jump.

Noah's ark in lights.

Some children made of lights playing in front of the lights.

Christmas carolers singing to the visitors.

The lighted bridge is in the background which changes colors and patterns to Christmas music.

It really is amazing the number of lights they put up.

Finally, I tried to play around a little with a shallow focus for an artistic effect. Not bad, but it could be improved (tried not to keep the family waiting too much while I played camera man).