Friday, December 26, 2008

Mission Inn Lighting 2008

It's become a Todd/Aleman/Broberg/Hamilton tradition to attend the annual lighting of the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside. In addition to watching the fireworks/lighting ceremony, we eat at Simple Simon's bakery/restaurant and munch on fresh Kettle Corn (which we call Cattle Corn...a nickname I coined at Sarah's brothers' football games back in the day). Here are some photos and videos of this year's ceremony (by the way, the foot traffic is INTENSE, so after the ceremony ends, if you want to get out of there in a timely fashion, be prepared with at least one cattle prod, a linebacker and the ability to crowd surf):

Cruisin' to the inn:
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"Nana":
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I don't know why I'm smiling, I think that was right before I got a hernia:
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My Bro-in-law Ned and I with the kids (his newborn son Asher):
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My Sis Hide:
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Mission Inn:
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Acute Kettle Corn intoxication setting in:
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Asher:
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We save the best for last 'round he-ah!:

2 comments:

Annette Todd said...

What a fun evening...thanks for posting this dance video...love ya Dan!

The Ward Family said...

That looks like fun. We'll have to go next year. Maybe we'll see you.