This year's tree lighting ceremony at Shadow Lake Towne Center was a special one.
While I don't believe we have ever attended one at this popular shopping place in Papillion, we had good reason to be there this year. That's because the tree that is on display came from the yard where Jon Brooks grew up. His dad donated it in memory of Patti, who died a few years ago. Because of this, we enjoyed a nice view from the VIP section next to the stage.
We enjoyed pretty moderate weather conditions (though the wind did kick up a bit at the end) and the ceremony itself was very nice. It included a concert by the "Peppermint Elves," as well as several characters from "Frozen" and other Disney movies – plus the entirety of the Papillion-South Titans marching band. That was impressive.
Here are a few photos:
Santa Claus was there, along with radio personalities Chris and Ricky from Star 104.5.
The tree looked much larger on display than in Jon's front yard.
Julia got her picture taken with the Grinch. Well, kind of.
Olivia (right) and Julia posed in front of the tree.
Lauren was helping out with Neil's children and Emily was in Colorado.
Julia and Olivia helped out at this afternoon's "Noodles 4 The Pool" fundraiser for Robin Hill Pool at the VFW Hall. It was a bit of a slow start, but things picked up nicely as the afternoon wore on. At day's end, more than $900 had been raised.
Some of our first customers!
We dressed up the front door so as not to be confused with a bridal shower next door.
