December 22, Happy Anniversary to Us!

Today is mine and Bruce's 17th anniversary. Justin and Hannah are spending the night with friends and Harrison is with mom and dad.

Since all of our Christmas shopping is finished, we were able to just relax and enjoy our time together. Even though Bruce has a really bad head cold, we still had fun.

We began our time together with lunch at Applebee's, thanks to Taylor and her family. They gave us a gift card so we used it on lunch today. Bruce had chicken fried steak and I had the shrimp platter. Thanks y'all!


We drove to McAdenville and jumped in line to see the lights. It was a very long line!


But we finally did make it into Christmas Town USA.


They had a tree dedicated to our men and women in the armed forces.


I loved this big tree.

The trees were so pretty this year.

My favorite site in McAdenville has always been the lighted trees around the lake. The picture certainly does not do it justice.

McAdenville is an old mill town. The owner of the old mill paid the electric bill for his employees during the Christmas season, providing they put up lights for the community to enjoy. And so it became a tradition.

After viewing the lights, we went to Bethlehem. Ok, well not really. We went through the living nativity.

The angels

The shepherds

Mary, Joseph, and the little babe.

Herod and the wise men.

Since we were in the area....and the red light was on....we stopped at Krispy Kream for doughnuts and hot chocolate.

He bought a dozen, but we each ate only one. That one was so good though!

On the way home we stopped at a house near our home. The owners decorate the entire yard and house with lights.

I liked this one...it's that funny Looney Tune martian.

Noah's ark was across the street.

When we came home, we exchanged our cards. He wrote one of his poems for me. I LOVE his poems. I'll have to share one with you some time.

I had a great time with my dear love. Seventeen years just hasn't been long enough.