State Capital holiday visit

One of our family traditions is to go up to the Arkansas state capital and see all the holiday decorations and the Christmas tree. My parent took me and my sister every year when I was growing up and we loved it. At that time they capital put a huge tree in the center that reached up to the 3rd floor inside. Since getting married, Ben and I have carried on the tradition usually going with some friends. These past 4 or so years they have started putting one tree on the second level and decorating with big balls painted to resemble each county in the state. It is pretty neat to search for our county decoration, but the tree is no comparison to the huge tree they use to put in the center. We still had a great time going on all the floors and looking around. This year was really neat and special to us because we got to start the tradition with our girls. They had a blast. They were not really into looking at the decorations because they could care less at this age, but they were able to climb the 100's of stairs inside and run free on the marble floors. It was a fun new beginning to add to our continued family tradition, and I look forward to the many years ahead that we get to take them there to see the lights.



The state painted decoration



Our county decoration

Lexyn having a blast climbing all the stairs by herself

The girls climbing away!

Lexyn running free on the marble floors

Brittyn running free

This picture is precious to me, they are giving each other an aww(hug). And then it led to the picture below.

joining hands to walk together

So cute, holding hands together.

Lexyn

Yes, our daddy is one of those daddy's! He is super fun and likes to do the no-no's. He is riding Brittyn down the pole on the stairs.

mommy and Brittyn