Prescott Place

A couple weeks ago my parents, my aunt, uncle and two cousins, and James, Nolan, Griffin and I went to the Gaylord for a Christmasy weekend.  If you have never been to the Gaylord at Christmas, it is a MUST! In addition to all of the beautiful decorations (1.5 MILLION lights, 12,000 ornaments, etc), there are many family fun events to enjoy.

Upon checking in we went to my parents room. They upgraded to a room with a balcony overlooking the atrium. Worth the extra money!

Once we were settled we went exploring. Viewing all the train displays.

My college roommate and her family happened to be there the same weekend. Nolan and Brady. Griffin and Belle.

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Year after year the main attraction at Gaylord is Ice! Over 40 artisans from China are flown in to create this magical wonderland all in Ice. Over 2 million pounds of ice are used. Amazing!  PIctures absolutely do not do it justice. The theme this year was Shrek! The day we were there is was THREE DEGREES! Thankfully we were bundled up and were not completely frozen.

Waiting in line!

Can you believe this is all ice?

G looked so funny in this parka. It went all the way to his knees! He was not really a fan.

Halfway through Ice they have slides you can go down. So fun!! This is Nolan who rode it over and over again. No shock there!

Ice! ended with a nativity scene. Beautiful!

More of our little getaway to come.

Tongiht we took the boys to “Merry Main Street” in Downtown Frisco.  Each weekend in December, the City of Frisco has fun family holiday activities planned around the square.  The main atraction is the 185,000 plus lights on all the buildings in downtown choregraphed to music. It is quite the show!

A few of the lighted buildings.

One of the adjadent buildings had a large train display. Both boys love trains!

While James waited in line for the snow tubing, the boys made sugar (sand) art bottles.

The bounce house is always a must. Griffin has come a long way. He used to be scared to death of them. Now he wants to brave it each time no matter how much of a zoo it is inside (which it always is)!

The highlight for Nolan was the snow tubing. James had fun too!  Poor G was not tall enough.  James and I were ready to fork over a small fortune for this only to learn it was FREE! Isn’t that unbelievable?

We ended the night with a ride on the Trackless Train. This had the longest line of all. The sand art that the boys had made earlier was actually pure colored sugar. We decided the to let the boys sample some to pass the time. Within about two minutes of G gulping down a couple of bites, he was literally running around in circles over and over again while laughing hysterically. It was like he was drugged! I wish I had videoed it. It was hilarious.

Sweet brothers and best friends.