The kick-off to Christmas, Holly Days.

We were so happy to have my mom in town the day after Thanksgiving, until the following Monday. She had quite the eventful drive home, so we were especially thankful for her efforts to be with us.

We started with Holly Days, the very day she arrived. After driving 8 hours, she was a great sport, jumped right in and had a lot of fun with us. Our town really gets into a festive mood for this event every year. There is free hot chocolate stations, as well as cotton candy, and churros!

They have portions of the downtown blocked off to roast chestnuts on the open fire, ice sculpting, magic shows, balloon twisters, whatever you can think of they really have it! It is a full day of events. We started with pony rides. The girls did extremely well being patient for their turn. Peyton had her turn, and they stopped the rides to give the horses a water break right before Addison's turn. I thought we may be in trouble with a two year old, but she did extremely well, no tears, just understanding. She got on, but she caught her foot in just a way that put a damper on her ride. She wanted off pretty quick.

As you can see, she went on the back of a camel. Peyton didn't even want to get on it. She came close to pet it, however. They enjoyed the presence of their Daddy:)

We went over to an area for Hot Chocolate, lunch, and some rides! Addison is still a bit young to get on some of the rides provided. Peyton got on with a couple of her best buds, and they had a blast! We followed that with a trip over to the trees for charity event! They had so many great looking trees to take a gander at.

The best was last, we went into the local Oilfield owners' company Anadarko Fun House. They fill a whole arena with these massive blow up castle slides, obstacle course style things, and games. It was great! They even have go-carts you can ride. Our church was there to paint faces, paint girl's nails, give them crowns, color, and complete other activities. Addison went right to one of her favorite teachers, Ms. Heather. She came back adorned with a festive holiday crown and painted nails.

I waited in an incredible line for cotton candy. It is not a treat they get on a normal occasion. They definitely appreciated that special treat!

We came home, enjoyed time with my mom, and hit the hay with anticipation for the next day!