outing for grands and decoration

Steve and I took a ride to Willow Lawn Friday to get a few gifts and get Duck Donuts for the kids.

Mistake was made with getting glazed ,  it was good for sure,  but it was also warm and very sticky.
Kids loved them.  Afterward they played on the lawn at the shops.  A good way to burn off some of the sugar they were definitely feeling.

I remember going here when I was very young with Mom and it was so cold here shopping  for Christmas,  always a frosty breeze blowing.  It's an open air shopping mall,  I do like this way of shopping much better.

everything Adalyn does, Genevieve has to at least try

pictures earlier of wreath on front door and later the snowman

Adalyn helped put him up

Steve put tube lights in the dogwood tree.

vintage shop - Christmas sale

Saturday we went to the open house at "Through the Garden Gate".    Always festive and good cheese , grapes and yummy cookies and brownies to snack on while shopping.
We always buy a snow man and I bought other things I didn't need,  thats the fun of shopping.

greeted by a gate with rudolph at the bottom

snowflakes seen from outside

fun wooden santa with old luggage behind him

blurry but still pretty

santa faces on metal

 

 

 

 

pretty dressed round boxes

I am gonna try a few of these myself

pretty setting on dresser-notice the salt and pepper shakers as angels

Very pretty gift bag someone made and for sale

pretty garlands

Old fashioned Santa

I liked this wreath right away.

 

Little touches like this brighten an area and add interest I think, now if I can remember to do little things like this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

these are popular now it seems

 

 

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til next time - betsy