Holleboom Family Blog: Crossroads Village

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Crossroads Village

Last Saturday, we made a trip out to Crossroads Village for their annual Halloween shin-dig and trick-or-treating through the village. It was a bit dicey at first, since Carson wasn't too happy about wearing his costume, but he got used to it pretty quickly and ended up having a lot of fun! All three of us did! This was the first time Kevin and I had been out there during the Halloween season - they do a really nice job and provide a fun, safe environment for kids of all ages. Even the parents got candy at the 20 different trick-or-treat stops. We didn't ride the train this time, but maybe we'll go back in December to do that and look at all of the Christmas lights. Here are just a few pictures, the rest are in the Shutterfly albums.

2 comments:

The Voogts said...: I love Crossroads. Maybe we can all go at Christmas.; October 25, 2009 at 7:07 AM
Sara said...: That would be awesome if we all went at Christmas! We should try to plan for it!; October 30, 2009 at 10:48 PM

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Crossroads Village

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