Monday, September 19, 2016

Gaylord Hotel (part two)

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I highly recommend this hotel during the month of December.  There's so much to see and do.

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My family is so funny! Ha-ha! They are acting like they are exhausted but we do need to head home for a Christmas party at the Johnson's house and luckily, they are right across the street from us!
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Another place to visit during the Christmas season is the Gaylord Hotel located in Grapevine.
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 Our family picture.

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The kids wanted to take a picture of mommy and daddy.

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The train sets are so impressive!

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This is also a great place to take pictures for your Christmas cards.
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I can't imagine the hours spent making these very impressive "gingerbread" houses!
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Galleria Mall

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We LOVE looking at Christmas decorations and the Galleria Mall has anything and everything you could possibly want!  This is the tree located outside the mall as you enter the parking lot.

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 Entrance to the mall.

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Really, really big tree on the skating rink!

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Playing with fun gadgets at the Brookstone store.
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This girl has decided that she is tired and does not want to walk down the stairs.

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She was also part of this display so I think it's time to leave.

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After leaving Brad and Krysti's house, we headed towards the north Plano area but quickly drove through the Frisco area to see their giant Christmas tree.

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The neighborhood that has the best Christmas lights/decorations is called Deerfield and it is located in northwest Plano and the lights are on from 7pm-11pm.

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About 20 years ago, when Deerfield was being built, it was considered by many to be too far north.  There were only fields and the builders wanted to get people into the neighborhood so for 3 or 4 Christmas seasons, they offered the homeowners a $5,000 prize for 1st place, $2,500 for 2nd place, and $1,000 for 3rd place.  Several homeowners got very competitive!  One house had their teenage daughter get dressed in an angel costume and would stand in the front window and act like an animated figure.  You had to look closely to realize it was a real person.  That's how the tradition of decorating to the max began.

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You can easily view the neighborhood by reserving a carriage ride.  The cost for 6 passengers is $145, 8-10 is $195, 18-20 is $250 and the Cinderella Carriage (up to 6 passengers) is $195.

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Or, you could do a Segway tour which is only $30/person. 

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It's our very favorite neighborhood to look at Christmas lights!

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Then, we finally made it to our hotel located across the street from the Galleria Mall. The kids LOVE staying in a hotel!

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They also LOVE bringing their favorite stuffed animals!

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Krueger Christmas

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We are having the Krueger Christmas party at Brad and Krysti's house located in Royse City at 1pm on this lovely Saturday.

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We were asked to wear an ugly sweater.

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Jan won the ugly sweater award.

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Cute shirts from Kathleen.

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We shared many laughs, took time to catch up on life, ate some delicious food and enjoyed opening up the white elephant gifts.  I took a lot of pictures on Brent's phone but I didn't get them before they were deleted so that's why there are no pictures of us opening gifts. A big thanks to Brad and Krysti for hosting!

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Beck is in love with Brad's aquarium!