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Sunday, December 20, 2009

{The Light Parade}

We bundled up (way up, is was soooo cold! Frozen booger cold!) to enjoy a little small town fun -- the Rigby Christmas light parade! It was so cold we left the kids in the car with the heater running full blast, they were so cute peeking out the back hatch!



This was one of those days I love, love, love living by family and being able to get our party on all together! The Partysons were in full attendance ready to rock...

...while Nana, Papa, Angelina and Aiden were the real instigators of this particular activity! Love the tuke dad (he's been wearing that thing ever since I can remember)!


What a fun way to get in the Christmas mood...

The parade wasn't very long, but had some great floats. Somehow I missed the giant Broulim's grocery cart, which was definitely a fav... but I'm loving the giant grin on this one!


They even gave out candy and FREE bambino gift cards! (Did I mention how much I love small town livin'?!? ...and FREE stuff?!?) Louis was so excited he wouldn't put his treat baggie down, and it was so cute watching him hold onto it so desperately with his little mittened hands.


Then off to Nana's house to warm up with some steaming hot cocoa -- she adds the love with a scoop of ice cream to cool it down just enough. Yummmm... why haven't I ever thought of that before? It's brilliant! The perfect food!
Merry Christmas! (People just don't say that enough anymore, so I think I may say it again...) MERRY CHRISTMAS!

5 comments:

Olson Clan said...

I love your posts!!! You do need to stop making me jealous with your praise of small town living though.
And ice cream, who would have thought? Love the idea! oh, and by the way, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Tanae Nelson said...

Alynn,
I must have been in outer space or something, but are you guys back living in Rigby?
It did look cold in your photos, thank goodness for the warmth of cars.
Tanae

Yo Momma Lindsey said...

And a Merry Christmas to you!! XOXOXO

Robin and Stephenie said...

It was a cold night....but it was fun and just long enough. we were at the funeral home and went to stand in line to see santa and kenidee told me she was way to cold to see santa she just wanted to go back to the funeral home. what do you think people by us in line were thinking about a little girl who just wanted to go back to the funeral home.

Rachel Holloway said...

What an awesome thing. I think I only saw that parade once in my Rigby time...can you believe it!? Ya. I can't. :)

Free bambinos! Sign me up for some light parade action...there are definite perks to living in a small town. What wonderful memories!