Christmas begins

We pulled out the Christmas bins today. I have limited myself to two thus far into our marriage but I would like to expand my collection in the coming years. Grant loves to get out the decorations and get Christmas going. We put out the little Christmas trinkets, hung the stockings and hung the outside lights. We still have a Christmas tree, more lights and more garland to put up to complete our decorations.
Our poor little Cole is still quite sick. He spent much of the day home with me, while Papa, Chad and Grant made a run to Best Buy for new video games. We snuggled on the couch while Tyler napped, watching episodes of Sonic the Hedgehog on Netflix.
This evening Papa and I took the boys to the annual light parade. It has become a tradition to attend this underrated event. It is the least crowded, shortest and best parade Prescott holds each year. It's always cold but it only lasts about an hour. The one thing missing from the parade this year was Bradley. He started this tradition with me but spent his first Thanksgiving with Amanda so we had to go without him. I did video several parts of the parade for his and anyone else's viewing pleasure: http://youtu.be/TGCVbf1dpDI;http://youtu.be/jrVANrDWKW0; http://youtu.be/Ksf5BUF0-FA; http://youtu.be/xVw1IIPGgYg; http://youtu.be/lhoYEsXU9GQ
http://youtu.be/QwVm8RNvy_Q; http://youtu.be/Yos26H6EMNI
http://youtu.be/7kVwVhx6iio
I took some pictures of the family waiting for the parade to start. Cole is near impossible to take pictures of because he is either not smiling or won't hold still.
Grant was trying to be a tough guy and not wear his coat in the freezing cold. Part way through the parade he finally got cold enough and put his coat on. He enjoyed relaxing in the stroller during the parade and yelled, "Merry Christmas" to all of the floats as they came by.