Grapevine

This weekend we went to Grapevine with my mom, dad, sister, brother-in-law and my niece.  We had such a good time!!  A few months ago we planned on just making a day trip to visit ICE with Kagen.  That quickly turned into a weekend trip with my entire family!  I wanted to surprise Lex by staying at the Gaylord.  I got an email from them offering us a discount so I took that as a sign.  haha!! I told Lex we were staying at Embassy Suites, because he really likes that hotel.   There was a lot of story telling going on but, it was so worth it.  Lex and Shane were the only two in the dark about it.  We told them our first stop would be the Gaylord so we could look around.  Once we got there my mom secretly checked us in.  She told the guys that she found a room where Lindsey and I could feed the babies.  They bought it!!  ha!  We took them up to the room and they still had NO idea until we yelled SURPRISE!!!  It was awesome!!  Lex told me he felt so dumb because he didn't have a clue.

We headed back down for lunch before leaving to walk around downtown.

                                                       

                                                  


                                                     

                                              

Downtown Grapevine is such a beautiful place. There were so many decorations and things to see.  After walking around for a while it was time to ride the North Pole Express.  Kagen is obsessed with trains so I knew she was going to love it.  They had a little show before we boarded the train.  She was grinning ear to ear once we got on the train!  She loved getting to meet the conductor, Mrs. Claus and the man himself, Santa Claus!!

                                     

She wanted to ride the pony so bad!  She kept saying that she was a "cowboy" ha!!

We went back to the hotel and relaxed.  We walked around and looked at some of the lights before heading to bed. 

Sweet girls in their matching jammies that GiGi got them

The next morning we ate breakfast and snapped a few pictures before going to ICE.  I was excited to take Kagen because it would be all about her.  My mom and dad watched Ciara and Kalli for us.  ICE was amazing.  I'm in awe of the talent those men have for making such beautiful art out of ice.

This picture makes me laugh!  Kagen started to go down the slide then she just stopped.  She would not move!  She wouldn't look around or anything.  We were laughing so hard!  Finally Lex had to slide down and help her. 

Then it was momma and Aunt Lindsey's turn.  I didn't hear them tell me to sit on my parka so I got stuck! haha!!  Finally I figured it out and off I went. 

I tried getting a picture of the girls but you see how that turned out. 

After that we walked around the Gaylord then went to lunch before going to Bass Pro.  We had planned on getting pictures with Santa there because they are free.  Well....the wait was so long!  It wasn't worth it so we walked around.  Our friends went to Bass Pro that day too so Kagen was pretty excited about seeing them!