Christmas Eve 2016 At Disneyland

"The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature." -- Andy Rooney

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Dinner at Catal has been our tradition for thirteen years now (they didn't exist before that!). We had a private room and we added:

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
The castle was magnificent this evening

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
We looked down the street and it was filled with 1000's of lights!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
We turned around 180 degrees and the castle was lit up!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
We were chugging right down the avenue

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
Thank you Robin for the spare hands!

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We are still 10 minutes ahead of schedule

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We are arrived

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
Need wine!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
Slurp Gurgle Burp!

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What are you going to order Lilly?

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Carri and Greg have arrived
Would you buy a car from this man?

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Matching colors?

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Keeps us laughing

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016 Miles of smiles

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"I'm watching you!"

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Sitting down feels pretty good right now!


And we have three+ pots tonight... Zack, Connor, and Nick!
The plus? Great Granddaughter Lilly!

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Father and son!

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Connor joined us this evening

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Paul is only going to do the fireplaces without a fire this year!

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M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m The smell of wine!

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"Mommy... I think we need to go home and await Santa

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Four beautiful eyes!

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What is she thinking?

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"OK... We are off to see Santa"

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"Bye Bye"

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016 Goodbye Great Grandma...

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
We are now back to basics... The Dudas and Liles

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
Robin did some ciphering and figured out how long
we have been with then on Christmas Eve

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Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
"However.... I will just have my Root Beer Float"

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Leah likes our matching outfits!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
Stories are told of years gone by!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
The masked elf perhaps?

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
We stepped outside on the veranda and boom... The show was underway!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
Some of the displays lit up the whole sky!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
The colors were magnificent (Strontium)


A short chemistry lesson!

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Ahhhh.. We could hear people while the displays were going on!

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Just beautiful!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
A mixture of copper (blue) and strontium (red) makes purple

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The finale

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Boom...Bam... A stunning ending to the show!

Disneyland Christmas Eve 2016
Like a millions stars!