Third year in a row

For the third year in a row we visited the Opportunity Village, a nice little place with major holiday decorations, lights, and rides. The first year we went with Charlene and Becca, last year was Kris and Cliff and this year we went with Casey and Ana. The night we went happened to be one of the coldest, so we had to keep warm. I piled Summer into a few pairs of clothes, three pairs of pants, three shirts, a hat, scarf, and gloves. She had so many pairs of clothes on I didn't bother putting on her jacket. As cold as it was - she was warm and cozy, and if she were to have fallen, she would have been nice and padded and probably would not have gotten hurt, not that I wanted or expected her to fall, which she did not.

This year was the best year so far, mainly because Summer and Ana are old enough to really enjoyed everything. They liked looking at the lights and walking through the enchanted forest and they even ventured onto a few of the exhibits (mostly because we asked them to very nicely).


They were both so good all night long. When the saw the carousel hey wanted to ride on the horses, which we did, twice, and they loved riding on the train. We also stopped and got some hot chocolate to warm up inside one of the building, after all it was very cold outside.

All in all it was a fun fill night full of lights, sounds, rides, hot chocolate and cold air. No doubt we will do it again next year, to continue the tradition.