Sunday, January 20, 2013

Rewind to Stone Mountain

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Since I have already blogged the last two legs of our Christmas trip in reverse order, 
it seems fitting just to go with the flow in documenting the rest of it.

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My brother and sister-in-law moved to Charlotte a couple of years ago, 
and this year they agreed to meet us in Atlanta on our return home.  
We spent a very special New Year's Eve and morning with them at Stone Mountain.  
What a fun place!

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We stayed at the lovely Stone Mountain Inn, 

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allowing us to take full advantage of the shows,

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shops,

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and special events.

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I loved how festive everything was to make the celebration all the more beautiful.

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People would just pop up with entertainment.
This professional bubble-blower was like the Pied Piper.

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Can I just point out my brother back there, the one with the camera?  
(Hi Dave!  Do you still read my blog?) 
See, it's genetic.

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And my sister-in-law, also with camera (hi Mary!), 
who intrigued me with her daily photos quite a few years ago now.

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So there we all were, ready to capture these gigantuous bubbles.

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(And once or twice they captured us.)

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And then it was night.

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So we watched the fireworks

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and brought in the New Year with a bang!

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(Which I won.)

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It was the perfect way to welcome 2013!

6 comments:

MaryD said...

Great post to capture a really fun time! You really ARE great with your camera and putting it all together!!

DaveD said...

Of COURSE I read your blog... whenever Mary tells me to. Honestly, you're in my feed reader, I never miss a post. Me and blog commenting is kinda like me and telephones. :-) And by the way, it's not just sibling loyalty, I LOVE your blog!

Tracy P. said...

Ha, there you are! :-) There were lots of great things about our trip, but spending New Year's with you guys was definitely the frosting on the cake!

MaryD said...

And winning Bang! of course.

Tracy P. said...

Ha, maybe that was the sprinkles! ;-)

Deanna said...

Oh this looks like so much fun...what a great way to end one year and begin another!!