{"id":4670,"date":"2006-12-27T00:47:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2006-12-27T00:47:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-27T00:47:00","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4670","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">We had such a wonderful Christmas season and took in quite a few fun activities. <\/span><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">We\u2019ve had some nice quality time together these last few days.<span> <\/span>For Christmas we had reservations at a beautiful Resort.<span> <\/span>We enjoyed a fabulous Christmas brunch in the gardens.<span> <\/span>The resort boasts their four-and-a half acres of atrium with lush indoor gardens and a river which streams through the entire area. The atrium is surrounded all the way around with hotel rooms.<span> <\/span>That was pretty awesome and Bobby declared that our next house will have to have an atrium. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/us.i1.yimg.com\/us.yimg.com\/i\/mesg\/emoticons7\/1.gif\" \/> <span>I can handle that. <\/span>It\u2019s hard to believe you\u2019re actually inside but the comfortable room temperature reminded us that we were definitely not outside in the mid 30 degree weather.<span> <\/span>The resort kept us busy all day and through the evening hours.<span> <\/span>We enjoyed sitting on our balcony last evening enjoying all the beautiful lights and the atrium atmosphere from the 9<sup>th<\/sup> floor. <span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">We had a wonderful brunch before leaving the resort this morning and look forward to another visit in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> &#8211; I had trouble with my snapshot and had to enter all my pictures in separately. I was able to get them all in one blog, but you&#8217;ll have to scroll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/BobDebChristmasbrunch.jpg?t=1167167201\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Bob &#038; Deb Christmas brunch<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Entranceintohotel.jpg?t=1167167270\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Entrance of hotel<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Christmastreesandtrainset.jpg?t=1167167340\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Christmas trees and train set<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Littlevillagewithtrain.jpg?t=1167167378\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Little village with the windows all lit up and a train set<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/MorelightsfromaChristmastree.jpg?t=1167167418\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">More Christmas tree lights<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Nightshot.jpg?t=1167167451\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Night shot<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Nightshotwith25treeinbackground.jpg?t=1167167490\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Night pic with 25&#8242; Christmas tree in the background<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/SmallscaleoftheAlamo.jpg?t=1167167547\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Small scale of the Alamo<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Riverandfalls.jpg?t=1167167593\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Small portion of the river that runs through the entire atrium<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/NightViewfromourhotelbalcony.jpg?t=1167167799\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">View from our balcony last night<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Ducks.jpg?t=1167167650\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Another view of the river with ducks<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Hugetower.jpg?t=1167167702\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Mission Tower &#8211; View from our balcony<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Viewfromourbalcony.jpg?t=1167167759\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Another view from the balcony this morning<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i81.photobucket.com\/albums\/j221\/Debbiespottery\/Viewofcenteratriumceiling.jpg?t=1167167889\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">The Lone Star in the sky which frames the center of the atrium.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had such a wonderful Christmas season and took in quite a few fun activities. We\u2019ve had some nice quality time together these last few days. For Christmas we had reservations at a beautiful Resort. 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