christmas lights & cozy frights

last night, we decided to go cross something off our christmas bucket list: the salem town pond lights! when we found out the pond lights weren't far from a restaurant we had also wanted to try, we decided "two birds, one stone." right? or maybe we should say two birds, one scone.

leslie's family tree is down in santaquin, and has an interesting history: it is well known for the fact that it is haunted. there has been much paranormal research done on the lot, and there are frequent ghost hunts there--one of the waitresses told us they have them almost every weekend (these ghost hunts, as we found out yesterday, are basically a bunch of crazy people getting together to have a sleepover in a haunted place. eeee i get shivers just thinking of it). one of the best-known stories is of the woman in blue, who is seen there often. she was our favorite character of the night.

really, all you need to know is SCONES

despite the ghost stories and creepy pictures surrounding us (see below) we loved that restaurant! it was cute, quaint, and happy. we heard we had to order the scones. we also heard that they were ginormous. we asked our cute waitress how big they were; she said "about this big" (holding her hands about a foot apart). we were shocked, but even more shocked when we found out she had been slighting the power of the scones: they were each a good foot and a half long! and they were sooo TASTY!

i spy with my lil eye TWO LIL GUYS WITH CREEPY EYES

after enjoying our not-so-small scone supper (and after occasionally grabbing each others' legs and whispering something about the woman in blue) the waitress and cook came out and told us that we could go down to the basement, if we wanted to. that's where a bit of the paranormal activity has happened. we were the only ones in the restaurant at that point, and had been having fun conversations about the "ghosts" with the waitress. she told us "you usually have to sign a waiver to go down there." kara and i looked at each other then, and i think we both said "wait what" at the same time. but then the waitress continued, "because there's no bottom step, and you have to look out for it." we all laughed, and decided of course we would go down, why wouldn't we?! except for lizzie. she stayed upstairs, by herself. or was she by herself?......

look! kara caught a snapchat of the woman in blue!!

we were then taken to a literal DUNGEON. the waitress lifts up this heavy cellar door, and there are some stairs descending into completely pitch black hauntedness. even steven at that point was like "whoa, that's freaky." kara and i were squirming and grabbing each other (she never lets me hug her so maybe i was milking it for all it was worth). the cook led the way down the stairs, turning on the lights. i know i like to get dramatic about these things, but as soon as we stepped of that last step i felt really weird down there. it was eerie: lots of old furniture and things piled up. that was where the old gambling hall used to be, which apparently was the speculation of the reason behind the spirits: they were all attached to the space, and addicted to coming back.

TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! (thought you ought to know)

haha, we're enthralled with the history the cook was telling us

okay, it wasn't all that freaky. the history was pretty cool. we got some pictures, heard some more stories from the cook, then went back upstairs to finish our scones. it was such a fun place: a different experience than what you normally get. when else do you get to eat scones the size of two heads in a haunted restaurant?!

after dinner, we cruised up to salem to see the pond lights. there's such a cute, magical feel there: the pretty scenery of the pond with the warm glow of christmas lights and christmas trees. of course we had to take our token model shots there, why else would we carry around a nice camera like we do?

iiiiiiiiiiii'm dreaaaaaming....of a pond town christmas

you two favorite models at it again

wouldn't be an adventure without this one

i love these three fools, even when they get in the way of the picture

my favorite entrepreneurial couple i know :)

on our drive back, we talked about how fun our night was. we wanted to get these pictures up on the blog right away, because EVERYONE should go have a night like we did! it was the perfect mix of christmas lights & cozy frights. perfect for an FHE outing, date night, or even just a group of friends looking for something to do! and it's less than a half hour away!

stay tuned for our next giveaway tomorrow! :) until then, we wish you a scary christmas!

xoxo,
the yesmads