Thanksgiving 2012

This year for Thanksgiving we headed to Nashville and Gaylord Opryland.  For our big Thanksgiving Feast we had Jack in the Box for lunch and Finley's Irish Pub for Dinner.  Not too exciting....

 This is one of MANY picutres that Jenneth wanted to take in front of the waterfalls that we walked under.  I spared you several of them....

 For lunch on Friday we went to The Aquarium Restaurant and had a Fantastic meal.  It was the perfect place for the kids as they walked around the tank when they were bored and Brian and I got to just sit and talk.  GREAT LUNCH !!!

 It is hard to tell, but we were there while they were feeding the fish and the diver is in the background. Pretty eerie when he would feed the Eel.  

 And the server asked if we were interested in Dessert....Seriously, did he really not see that one coming with this group?????

 And of course what is a trip to a hotel without swimming??  Jenneth insisted we "shut down" the pool....which we did.  The pool was really nice.  It was a salt water pool.

 Not my greatest picture as I was hoping to capture the size of this Christmas tree.  It was in the Delta Atrium and was just absolutely HUGE and Beautiful.

The highlight of our trip was ICE's Shrek the Halls.  This was the neatest thing for all of us.  Granted it was 9 degrees, but they gave us these oozie coozie parkas to go over the coats that we already had on.

My only complaint is that there are no restrooms.  Of course Jenneth has to go about half way through...so we walk the rest of the way and proceed to take off the many layers that we have, but to just put them right back on and go back in.  Just a suggestion to have a bathroom for a kids attraction.

Here is Tristen with Shrek's triplets behind him on the sled.  Everything you see in the pictures is ice !!!

Of course we had to made a stop at Shrek's "outhouse"

Here is Jenneth going down the kids ice slide.  Jenneth was able to go down her slide 4 times while Brian and Tristen held our place in line for the adult slide.  Just a tad cold waiting in line....

but well worth it.  Here is Tristen coming down.

And here I am coming off the slide.  Poor Brian went down first so he could take the pictures.

Tristen and Donkey.

This picture is only a small portion of the Dragon.  I wish you could just see how big this was and I am just amazed at all the colors that are used throughout.

In the last room was The Nativity and this picture does not do its justice.  As the story of Jesus' birth is told, different parts of the Nativity light up.  If you are in Nashville and can do this, it is worth it.  They showed a short movie before we went in on how this was made.  There is a team from China that comes to Nashville to do this and the man hours that go into it are truly a talent.

The annual Santa Picture...

At dinner on Sunday night Brian and I decided to have some adult beverages as we only had to walk back to our room !

October Happenings....

Hello All.  Not much going on in Noblesville during the fall.  Jenneth's Birthday, Halloween, Gymnastics, and Basketball.

 Well our baby girl turned 5 !!!!  This was the Family party that she chose Red Robin.  Jenneth put all the candles on the cake herself.

 Ok, so Palmer was  a little over all the pictures...

 A restaurant is just never the same after the Motley Crew leaves.

 Grampa and his hats....Jenneth wouldn't go out of the restaurant without wearing her Hello Kitty hat that Grampa gave her.  Poor Nana didn't get any credit on this one.  She has been a bit bummed that it has not been cold enough to wear it, but I am afraid we will have our share of winter this year.

 Dayflower Homies Represent !!!!

 For those of you who are not 9 years old....Tristen is Trigger Happy, one of the Skylanders.  Jenneth is Cinderella with a winter hat on (too bad we had her party after Halloween or she could have worn Grampa's new hat)

 Oh and look, yet another Birthday Party.  This was Jenneth's friend party at Snapperz.  Jenneth picked out the place herself, and did a great job as the kids had a blast.

 Hard to take pictures of the kids when the are bouncing on the trampoline.  This is my attempt at Jenneth....

 This is Jenneth's FAVORITE...Bumper Cars !!!!  Of course since it was her Birthday she didn't have to take a turn and got to stay on the entire time.  

 Again trying to get the pictures in action...

 Pizza, Ice Cream, Cake, and.......

 PRESENTS !!!!  This is a t-shirt that Snapperz gave Jenneth and all the kids signed it.  Too Cute.

 Thank you to all my friends that helped me celebrate my 5th Birthday..I had a blast !!!

 Sorry Dad...had to put this one in the blog.  Dad has been doing so good and has lost so much weight....but as he is "watching" all the gifts we see he sneaks just a bit of cake with the fingers.  Love you Dad !!!

 So our fall sports include Basketball.  This is one of Tristen's games..

 Not a good action shot....but the only one that was a good one of TZ.

 And here is our little Gymnast...Jenneth is still on pre-team and doing great.  Can't wait till the next level as that is when she start competing !!!  Yeah.....More Money !!!!

She gets that flexibility from her Mother.......

A Visit From My Big Brother

What a great long weekend I had....I took a road trip with Donald and headed North to Great Lakes, IL for my Nephew Tyler's Graduation from Boot Camp. He finished 2nd in his class of 1041 !!!

 This was after graduation and the half day that Tyler had for leave that afternoon.

 That is Will...my Nephew that is a Midshipman at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.  It took a World of Congress to get Will there...but he did it !!!!

 On Saturday morning, Will, Don, and I got up at 5am to drive to Indy to surprise the gang at Tristen's football game.....

 Tristen saw us and the next play he sacked the Quarterback...The smile as he looked over to see Don and Will was well worth the 4 hour drive and getting up at 5am.  

Tristen and Will just making up for lost time....

 Palmer decided he wanted in on the action with the boys.

 Then Will decided he had had enough of the little guys on top of him...so if you see the extra legs and arms coming from under Will........that would be Tristen !!!

 Jenneth's new buddy...Uncle Donald.

 The three Gurzynski siblings.

 Uncle Donald with his Nieces and Nephews.

 And here they are...The Fab Five !!!

And what would a fun weekend be without a Hot Tub Picture????