Flea Market at The Englert and Christmas Lights

 SO I got the tree up and was really debating if it was worth it to put on ornaments.

Meanwhile, there's a flea market downtown in Iowa City at the Englert Theater. 

Bean and Dilly and Darling Daughter loaded up and we went to check it out. It was cold out!!! And our driver parked about a mile away.....

But we made it.

The theater is really beautiful-a real gem of a vintage theater.  Actually the flea market was more of an art market. Lots of crafty folks with their work for sale. 

The vendors were set up all over the place, in the upstairs bar reception area, downstairs in the dressing rooms and on the stage!

See how pretty the theater is? This is the view from the balcony.  We all had some good looks. but didn't buy anything. SO we also had a dinner plan, but couldn't get a table until later, so we went out to the dam to drive through the light display there.

I had never been out to this annual display, and it was fabulous!

Every kind of light is on!

It costs $10 for a car load to drive through, and it's worth every penny! The funds raised go to the local hospice program. 

It was a great night out with the family. I love spending time with my kids-the available time always seems hard to come by and doesn't last long enough-I'll take all the minutes I can get with these guys!