Just a few of the lights around the park. Even the office/store had lights.
The weekend before Christmas, we had the employee Christmas party on Saturday night. People brought appetizers, we played games and won prizes. I won a pair of glow in the dark glasses. So sorry that we didn't take a picture of me wearing them. Ha Ha
On Sunday, we went to a local Church's Christmas production. One of our co-workers is a member. I call it a production because of the music, dancing, play and aerial dancing. The pastor of the church writes the play and produces, another member does the costumes and another takes care of the music and choreography. The play, of course, is the Christmas Story. It starts in modern day with people questioning the meaning of Christmas and takes you back to the beginning. They had both adult and children's choirs. A local dance studio provided several scenes with dancing by the children. There was also a cirque de soleil type performance. It was really magnificent. I understand they are working on doing one for Easter. Should be good.
Christmas Day we had a potluck dinner at 4pm for everyone that wanted to attend. We took broccoli/cheese/rice casserole and two-bite cheesecakes.
On Saturday, we decided to treat ourselves and went to the new Star Wars movie. We saw it in 3D. We were able to make a matinee performance. We stood in line for tickets to the movies and were really lucky. The movie started at 1:30 and we bought our tickets at 1:28. Good thing they have all those previews of upcoming movies. We loved it. Need to watch it again for all those things we missed the first time. Then we stopped off for dinner since it was after 4pm and we didn't have any popcorn at the movie. We went to a tapas restaurant. Never been to one before. It was interesting. If you don't know about a tapas restaurant, it's just an assortment of appetizers type dishes. No side dishes. For our first time, we ordered: grilled asparagus, garlic shrimp, scallops with cheesy leek sauce, and pork tenderloin with a mushroom sauce. Had a wonderful time. We'd definitely go back. They also gave you a 10% discount with a movie ticket. The movie theater was in one of "The Villages" called Brownwood. The theater was just off the square. The villages are an interesting communities. There are 3 and each one is self-contained. Each one has stores, restaurants, pharmacies, grocery stores, medical facilities, libraries, etc. You can get around by golf cart or vehicle. Brownwood is the closest to us. It's about 25 miles from us. In the square they have entertainment each night and open to anyone that wants to attend. We took a walk around the square listening to the music and took a couple of pictures.
These two are of the square. There's a stage, area for dancing, bleachers and room for your own lawn chairs.
Here's another pic showing the restaurant in the background.
This one has the movie theater in the background. It looks like a red barn from the outside.
Almost forgot. One morning we were visited by a flock of Ibis. The brown/grey/white one is a juvenile. Never know what we'll see when looking out our window.
Yep. That one's a lizard.
Until next time.
