The Grinch ICE Exhibit at the Gaylord Texan!

What a night! Finally decided to go see the exhibit with my sister and her family, and it was...

good and bad! The wait - bad; the company - good; the ticket price - bad; the exhibit - good!

The cousins had a lot of fun playing together before we made it in (had about a 1 hour wait in the halls of the Gaylord!), and thankfully we had no big meltdowns! Not sure if there is a 'not busy" time to go do this, but overall, I'm glad we went - the girls LOVED it!

Adelyn and Peyton checking out the cool trees!
Ready to go! Her parka fit pretty good...
but Adelyn's was huge! She certainly waddled like a penguin in that thing, so Joel carried her a good bit of the time!

Meredith, cousin Peyton, and Everett!
By the time I got a picture with all of them looking

in my direction I think Joel was done! :)

The slide room!
Kenna on her way down! she sort of got stuck...

I don't think I gave her a good enough push to start! She wanted to go again, but was a good

sport when I told her we only got to go once... wonder how long that will work! :)
Adelyn!

This was probably my favorite room... in December one of my lessons at school was about "wants vs. needs" and we ended the week watching the Grinch! We talked about what the Grinch was doing and how it didn't matter to the Who's, and then how they "fixed" his heart on Christmas morning. They all asked where the star was coming from, and although I'm sure it's not the best answer, I told them "from the love they have for each other."

Hope this new year finds you loving those you are with, remembering what is really important, and taking the time to do some fun things, even if it is a little crazy in the end...