Horse Drawn Carriage Ride and Meridian Winter Lights Parade

On this particular night of my parents week long visit we went downtown for a horse and carriage ride.  Washington Trust Bank was offering them and we aren't ones to turn down something free! I expected there to be a long line since it was a Friday night downtown but there wasn't anybody else waiting.  We enjoyed some complimentary hot chocolate as the horses were being switched out and then went on a lovely little carriage ride around a few blocks of downtown Boise. We asked someone to take a group picture of us and this is what we got :(.
 After the carriage ride and dinner we drove to Meridian for our first year attending the Meridian Winter Lights Parade. It was a foggy night but pretty warm.  Brooklyn got the hang of waving to the people on the floats.  Lots of candy canes were given by parade participants.  The floats weren't too spectacular but the Christmasy vibe was there and we all enjoyed ourselves.