Through Every Season

Month: January 2010 (Page 2 of 2)

Sweet Sixteen Getaway Part 2

If you’ve never been to a Gaylord (http://www.gaylordhotels.com/), you should visit one.  We’ve been to the one in Dallas, too and they are impressive.  They come complete with a mini shopping mall and restaurants.  Although you don’t have to spend the night to visit, be prepared to pay for parking.  They are a great place to take a walk and pictures on a cold winter or hot summer day.

This antebellum house is restaurant.

Indoor Waterfall

The thing that motivated us to go was that we heard
that they have the best Christmas decorations.

Bigger than life nativity.

I am still getting the hang of self photographing.
Must remember not to tilt my head.

A little better.

One of the kids’ favorite words is “Haagen Dazs.”  
They love to say it with a heavy accent.
Our first time to actually try their ice cream.
I got the coffee mocha chip. It was perfect.

They had orchids growing in their trees.

We had these growing in our yard in FL.

They had a whole 30 ft Christmas tree made out of poinsettias.

Sweet Sixteen Getaway Part 1

For Judi’s birthday Joel, Judi, Mike and I went to Nashville to shop at the Opryland Mills mall and see the Gaylord Opryland hotel and to eat some great food.

Our room hid behind the palm trees.

See Mike sitting on our balcony?

It was a really nice room.
The pictures on the wall reminded me of my flower pictures at home.

Mike said he wants to live in an atrium.
Can’t complain about the cold.

You could see the “river” tours passing by below.

Ice Princess

After 4 years warm years in Tampa and 5 in San Antonio,  Judi doesn’t remember much about all the snow we got in IL.  

So what does she wish?  In Montgomery she wished for and got a snow fall both winters when they only normally get one every 6 years.  
Now in Madison she’s wishing bigger wishes.  She wants to skate on our lake.  Last year it didn’t snow here until March.  She’s already had one snow fall and our little lake is starting to ice up.

Ground’s frozen.

The lake’s getting there.
The ducks found a warm spot.
Burrrr!
J

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