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Like a spoiled wife, I've been complaining that Kevin never surprises me with dates anymore. Like a good husband, he surprised me with a date! We went down to Balboa to look at the boats from the light parade they do every year.

The island and boats off in the distance

Boardwalk

We didn't end up seeing any of the boats up close because they were all scattered but we walked around the island and looked in people's windows (which I liked better anyway)

SO Kevin looked at this house and said "wow look at how many of those plates they have! And there's more on the wall!" Then I told him it was actually a store (notice the sign)...That's him in the left corner amazed at the collection he thought these people had.

Really cute little cafe

A glitsy house

This house was one of the light competition winner. Anything that shoots snow out of a cannon has my vote. Plus it was timed to music, I just don't know if I'd like to be their neighbor.

This was another winner. It had an actual snowman (we're talking real snow), and that's Santa flying around the roof.

This won the "my personal favorite award". Their tree was covered in lights and birdhouses!

More birdhouses

One of the boats

This was on one of the boat docks. I want to live in it.

Our new home

Snowman house (I just looove snowmen)

More of the snowman house

Yum. This is where we ate. Shrimp: Delicious. Whatever I got: Not so good.

Ok this was near Kevin's grandma's house but it needed to be posted. They had about a million inflatable things. It was like one huge Christmas bounce house.

Looking at lights was so fun, we loved looking in people's windows and judging them :) Christmas lights and gossiping, just can't get any better than that.