At the last minute, we decided to make our annual trip to the Minneapolis Holidazzle parade.  The parade lasts about 45 minutes and the city turns out the street lights and sends lighted floats down Nicollet mall.

It was exciting to watch with the kids, especially the anticipation Brita and Leif had for the next floats coming down the street.

After the parade, we try to go out for dinner somewhere fun and this year we went to the Hard Rock cafe.  The kids loved it, the atmosphere was great, and the burger was fantastic.