Family Christmas Trip 2014

Hey Y'all

Hope you had a very Happy Christmas

(or whatever you celebrate )

We had a wonderful holiday.

Although Country Boy hasn't been feeling well for the last couple weeks.

And the little girls have had the crud too.

BOO !

I didn't get many pictures as I was a little under the weather on Christmas Eve myself.
Very Thankful that didn't last !

On the 26th , we set out on our annual family holiday trip.

 Last year we went to Vegas.

Nothing that big this year .
 We wanted to take all the "littles" ( grandchildren ) with us.

Sis is the travel agent of the family , so she booked us all in for a long weekend in Red Wing Minnesota.

 It was supposed to have something for everyone . 

And I guess it did.
( I'm just not much of a gambler )

But there was swimming ,

Addie would have swum 24/7 if she could have !

Lainey and Evan loved it too.

Tucker.... not so much .

Bowling ,

No need, apparently, to remove that beloved "paci"!

The Arcade

Gambling
( not for me )

 But Sis had good luck and it's always fun to watch her happy dance !

It snowed 3-4 inches in Red Wing Friday night .
We woke to a white (after) Christmas .

Being the junker I am ,
and the fact that Red Wing is famous for their pottery ,
I begged , bribed and threatened Sis to go antiquing with me .
And she did .

We went to the Pottery Place ,
It's in a fabulous old brick building .
Obliviously , once a factory of some kind ,

I assume a pottery factory , as there is a museum close by ,
but there was no information about it's former life.

If you like pottery ,
or vintage dishes and glassware
( mostly dishes and glassware )
then this is a good place to go .

SO MUCH GLASSWARE AND DISHES !

Not really my thing , but I did find some great displays of Pyrex .
And I LOVED the color coordinated displays .

There were others shoppes , a salon and offices in this building .

It was impressive to see a community use an old building like this .

So many times you just see them in ruin .

Oh....

and there was a FABULOUS Chocolate Shoppe on the Main floor.

Sis isn't much good on open stairways,

 so I perused the third floor by myself .

But....

when I met up with her on the main floor , she had gotten us each a truffle !  

A Bailey's Truffle !

So GOOD! 

And that concludes the Garbes / Johnson Christmas 2014 Trip 

Wish I would have gotten more pictures of everyone,

( especially in their CBS t-shirts )

Maybe next year ....

That's all from the Trailerhood for now Friends ,

Thanks for visiting :)