Gaylord Resort- Meet and great Dream Works' Characters

Meilynn enjoyed meeting the characters at the Gaylord Resort. She loved seeing Gingy and her gingerbread house. We had fun doing a scavenger hunt for the magic beans. The fountain at the resort even danced to Christmas music. A couple of pictures were left over from the ICE exhibit. We were so happy to see the nativity carved from ice and hear the story of Christ birth. We love how the real meaning of Christmas was remembered. We have started a new Christmas tradition. We will come back to The Gaylord Resort next year to see their new ICE display.

Christmas in Washington DC

We spent the day in Washington enjoying some of the Christmas decorations and events. This was our first time in DC over Christmas. We had a great time seeing the Train Exhibit at the conservatory. We went to see the National Christmas Tree and enjoy The Peace Trail. We ended the day in Chinatown at our favorite Chinese restaurant. We had such a great day!

Nick and Meilynn at the Reflection Pond

                                                  

Nick in front of the Capitol of the United States

Christmas at the Capitol

The Capitol Christmas Tree from California

Christmas in DC

What a happy family.

All the ornaments on the tree were made by Children in California

Meilynn loved seeing all the flowers.

The National Train Display

Monkey Mountain

It took a year to build this display.

What a great train display.

Monticello

Meilynn love the trains!

The center room of the conservatory

Can we take this Christmas Tree home, mommy?

The Washington Monument

What a beautiful girl!

The White House

What a beautiful sunset

The National Christmas Tree

Meilynn saw Santa and Mrs. Claus at The Peace Walk around the National Christmas Tree.

Our family at the National Christmas Tree

So glad to see the Christ Child at the center of The Peace Trail.

There were trees from each of the States on The Peace Walk

Christmas Day

We spent Christmas day with Uncle John, Aunt Bev, Grandma Peggy and Linda stopped by in the evening. We made lasagna for dinner and had Birthday cake for baby Jesus. Meilynn love singing Happy Birthday to Jesus! We enjoyed the blessings of our family time together.

Meilynn showing Uncle John her new Squinkey Cruise Ship.

Aunt Bev knitted Meilynn a beautiful poncho in her favorite color.

Raven loved his Christmas present from Grandma.

Nickolas loved his sweatshirt from Uncle John and Aunt Bev.

This was the present that Meilynn wanted the most. Thank you Grandma!

Nickolas enjoying Meilynn's chair while he opens his presents.

Now it's Grandmas turn.

Just what she wanted.

Starbucks Card!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Christmas Morning

What excitement! The kids were up around 7:30 AM. Maybe earlier, but that is when they came to wake us up to go downstairs. We enjoyed our Christmas morning opening gifts and sharing our traditional french toast breakfast. Nick and Meilynn were so happy with the gifts they were given.