It's Christmas Time

 Despite our big fail at our first Christmas event,  this time of year always brings me so much joy. 

With all the malls hosting their inaugural kickoff to the holidays,  we had a variety of events to choose from to kickstart the season. We decided to attend the one at Terra mall and boy, did we miss. 

First, the traffic was horrendous, as per usual but it gets so much worse this time of year. It took us longer to get to our destination than expected.  Then once we arrived, there was no parking left. Everyone comes outside for these holiday celebrations, making the crowds almost unbearable. 

We ended up missing the event completely,  which was a huge bummer. I still managed to take a few photos before we turned around and left.

The weekend was saved the next day, however, as we headed out again for another fun filled day.

We got together a few of the cousins and took the kids to Lincoln Mall for an adventure filled afternoon at the Adventure X trampoline park and then dinner at Chill's. 

Dinner wasn't good and the service was lacking but all was right with the world again, once the regional manager came out and took care of everything.  Free food, free drinks and an incredible birthday song to close out the night,  made this day an amazing one.

It was a lot of celebrating this weekend,  starting with a date night at Sherrif's House,  our local restaurant and bar. But it just makes the holidays so much more special.