winter garden aGlow.

For the second year in a row, the Brooks side of the family has gone to Winter Garden aGlow at the Idaho Botanical Gardens.  It is lovely.  The lights really get you in the spirit of Christmas.  This year was Clara's first time participating in this tradition.  It was a bitter cold evening, but we bundled her up beyond belief and parked her in the stroller and had a ball!  We saw a reindeer.  This sweet little girl reindeer was very docile and even let children pet her.  Clara liked her!

 This is just a small glimpse of the garden.  The lights are everywhere!

 A little blurry, but beautiful.

 After the garden, we went to our traditional Table Rock dinner.  Each time Uncle Arlen comes to visit, we all get together at Table Rock and share a meal, drinks, and of course...bread pudding!

Here is Uncle Brad indulging Clara with some chapstick!  She's a little bit of a chapstick addict (her Oma watches her during the week, so she's had lots of practice with chak-stik!), and she loved when Brad would let her lick his tube of chapstick.  We all got a kick out of it!

I wish I would have snapped more pictures at Table Rock.  By the end of the evening, my arms were full with a tired babe, so no more pictures were taken.  And...they ran out of bread pudding...GASP!  We settled for the berry cobbler, which was actually quite good.  It was a great evening with the family.  Thanks Jeff, Janet, and Arlen for the fun filled night!  It was the perfect kick-off to the holidays!  Let the festivities begin!