It's a Wonderful Life

We went to the Bentonville Christmas tree lighting, and the grand opening of the new outdoor ice skating rink (that converts to a free splash park in the summer).

After the tree/square lighting festivities, the local holy-rollin' gospel choir brought the house down with a hard core clap-your-hands-and-shout-praise-the-Lord (which people actually did) rockin' rendition of Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah.

We skipped the ice skating exhibition and walked over to Table Mesa (our new fave)to meet up with Kasey and Jimmie for chips, guac and a couple orders of sweet potato fries.

And what's this?
Yeah, it's official. We live in the coolest place ever.

To end the holiday kick-off celebration, we went over to the plaza where It's a Wonderful Life was shown on a projector.

Next week, they're showing A Christmas Story.

It was freezing, windy, and a perfectly quaint little evening.