one of the days of our advent calendar was to grab coffee walk around downtown bloomington, the heart of the downtown, 'the square', is beautifully dressed in lights for the season. i love how they wrap each branch of the trees, don't they look almost magical? be prepared, these photos were taken on my phone... but they still capture this evening well. 

it was a fun evening of chinese checkers, coffee, and lights. if you ever are wanting to check out bloomington this blog has a great guide on bloomington. (also my mother just sent me her photos from christmas, and our tree is still up... so we will still be celebrating over here!)