The Melting Pot & Underground Christmas Lights

Devin & Greg getting ready to enjoy lunch at The Melting Pot in Louisville, KY.  We went to Louisville for the day to do a little Christmas shopping.  

Tate & Mom patiently waiting to enjoy some fondue - Cheese & Chocolate.  

We wanted to treat the boys to a fun experience at The Melting Pot.  They had no idea what to expect, but they each seemed to love it.

Devin enjoying the cheese fondue.  He loved being able to dip items into the cheese.  Cheese makes everything better!  The fondue forks were a big hit, too.  

Even got them to try dipping apples into the cheese.  They were a little hesitant at first, but ended up loving the apples and cheese.

Like I said, they love the fondue forks.  After lunch, we did a little more Christmas Shopping.  Then it was off to the Mega Cavern for Lights under Louisville.

We got there just shortly after they opened and luckily didn't have much of a wait.  

The light show was very impressive.  Lots of lights and great music.  It was very festive.

Decorating the Christmas Tree.

We made it to the north pole.  Here is the toy factory.  It was busy making lots of presents. 

Here the elfs are loading those presents into Santa's sleigh. 

Look it's Frosty. He was dancing the night away.

A Country Thanksgiving

 

We headed to Nashville, TN for our long Thanksgiving Weekend.  We loaded up and headed South with Mamaw & Papaw.  We treated the whole family to a fun filled weekend at the Opryland Hotel.  Our 1st festive activity was to watch the Radio City Rockets.  It's such a fun show and great way to get into the holiday spirit.  Next up was some of the Shrek activities around the hotel.  We watched a Shrek holiday show and then went to all the character meet and greets.  Mamaw and Mommy got in a little day after Thanksgiving shopping in the afternoon.  That evening we had a great dinner then surprised everyone with limo ride around the city looking for Christmas Lights.  Devin kept referring to the limo as the "Party Car".  Our last morning we spent eating breakfast with Shrek and his friends.

Then it was unfortunately back to reality.  For us that meant coming home and finishing packing before the big move to our new house.

Quite the busy weekend!

 

Our Thanksgiving was Shrektacular!

We decided to take a mini Vacation over our Thanksgiving Break. We decided to head south and spend the weekend in Nashville at the Opryland Hotel. We checked in on Thanksgiving and the fun began right away. We got checked into our room. We had quite the view. A balcony overlooking the Delta Gardens. We had views of the gardens, the river, and huge Christmas tree. Then we were off to the theater to see the Radio City Rockets Christmas Show. We all really enjoyed the show. Devin's favorite act was when the Rockets were dressed up as Santa's Reindeer and my favorite was the toy soldiers.

After the Rocket's Show we headed back to the hotel, got some dinner and Meet & Greets. We took our passports and headed out to find all our favorite characters. Our first stop was to see Puss N Boots. Devin loved him. Next we met Alex from the Madagascar movies. Then we ran into Shrek and Fiona outside Shrek's House. Our last stop for the evening was Gingy inside his Gingerbread house. The following morning we were able to find the Penguins and Po from Kung Fu Panda.

We ate a quick breakfast in our room on Friday morning, then we headed out to see the ICE exhibit. The theme this year was Merry Madagascar! Everything was made out of ice - 2 Million pounds of ice to be exact. Our favorite part - the ice slides!!! We all took a turn, Devin took more than we could count. Brrr it is so cold inside, but well worth it!

We finally found Santa. Devin quickly sat on Santa's lap and asked for a new Tow Mater and the Cars 2 Movie. If you look close, you can see that Tate never made it to Santa's lap. We hasn't so sure about sitting on his lap, but cute picture none the less.

Can you believe it - we found a train! We rode the train countless times. Devin even had the chance to ride in the front and drive the train. It even had a bell he could ring. Dad was even a good sport and rode in the caboose with Devin.

Taking in the lights. Greg surprised us with a carriage ride around the hotel to see all the Christmas lights. It was such a nice evening - a little cool, but not cold.

First thing Saturday morning was breakfast with Shrek and the Gang. Shrek, Princess Fiona, and Puss N Boots all stopped by to visit us. The food was amazing and we even had Swamp Juice. No breakfast would be complete without Shrek ears.

Santa Claus Lights

Hugging the first Santa we ran across. To bad it wasn't the real one.

Our first chance this holiday season to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he would like for Christmas. The only thing on this little boys list is Thomas the Tank Engine!

And finally the lights. We went with Mamaw and Papaw to see the new lights display at Lake Rudolph in Santa Claus, IN. It is completely make up of LED lights so they were very bright and colorful. We had a great time! Thanks Mamaw and Papaw for going with us!