Gaylord Texan and ICE!!

A little over a week ago I surprised Christian with a night away at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. I arranged for Christian's parents to watch the kids friday night and then we would all meet up saturday afternoon to go see the ICE! exhibit. We had a fantastic time. Christian and I walked through downtown Grapevine - which if you have never been through there around Christmas time, you must go next year. It was awesome and very kid friendly (although it wasn't a concern for us this night!!!!) The hotel was absolutely beautiful, the Christmas decorations were absolutely amazing. Thank you to Christian's parents - we really enjoyed our night out, we even got to sleep in a bit.

Saturday afternoon we met the rest of the gang and headed to ICE! This year's theme was How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This is another "must do" activity for the holiday season. They fly people in from Harbin, China to carve the ice sculptures.....AMAZING doesn't even describe how neat this is. They even have a slide made out of ice for you go down, so fun! Here are a few of the pics from our weekend. The nativity scene at the end of ICE! was beautiful; my picture doesn't do it justice.