A Joyful Transformation: Christmas Vacation Highlights: Part 1

Now that I'm fully back in the swing of things, I thought I'd take some time to share some of my favorite Christmas break highlights.

Right after school finished, I drove eight hours to visit one of my dearest friends, Emily, who lives in Fort Worth, TX. We had a blast!

My first night in Texas, we went to Inn- N- Out and then went to look at some Christmas lights. Check out these lights!! This is just one house!

We went to the zoo in Fort Worth which is one of the top five zoos in the nation. We went on Sunday and the weather was cool. Something must have been in the air, because the animals were so active!! I got some great videos of elephants, hippos, rhinos, monkeys, and a gorilla picking his nose and eating it!

Then we went to Zeke's Fish and Chips, where Emily had a lovely Groupon to share. I love fish and chips, though I've never found any I like after I was spoiled in England and Ireland. Well, good news to me! This was excellent!!

Have you ever heard of the Movie Tavern? Such a brilliant idea! You go see a movie and eat a full dinner, complete with waiters WHILE the movie goes on!

We watched the new Sherlock Holmes movie. See the red button? You hit that button if you need anything from your waiter, like a drink refill, more food, etc. So fun!!

Then we went to the Fort Worth Water Gardens. These are a series of fountains that you can actually go in! The scariest part was that it was raining and it was SLICK! Only after our trek down the fountains did
Emily tell me that some people have DIED walking down them. Good grief!