Matthew lights up South Bend

Matthew really upped the ante this year with the Christmas lights. The biggest addition was the lighting of the five new trees by the river, which look fantastic and are in a place where everyone driving through town sees them. Pictures simply don't do it justice, but we've both had a ton of friends and coworkers comment on them. We got the strangest compliment so far this afternoon, when former South Bend mayor and Indiana governor Joe Kernan stopped by to thank us for lighting up the neighborhood! He even brought us a bottle of champagne, which Matthew is proudly displaying below. I'm glad other people are enjoying them as much as I do.