On December 20th Tara & I took the kids for their first
visit to Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth. We made the drive north
with out friends Melissa and Tania, as well as their kids. In total there was 11
kids and 4 adults, with me being the only male. Yippee for me!
Because of our departure time from home, we decided to
stop for dinner in Birch Run. We chose the Culver's restaurant, and lucked out
as they had their burgers on special this one day only. While the food was
pretty good, I wouldn't rank it among my favorite places to eat any time soon. I
know that we got some strange looks with me eating dinner with three ladies with
11 kids in tow! The volume of the kids probably didn't help, either...
After dinner we loaded back into our van (all of the rowdy
boys) and Tania's Suburban (all of the quiet, pleasant girls made of sugar) for
the short drive to Frankenmuth to do our Christmas ornament shopping. I kept the
boys occupied by blasting music such as "Weird Al" and by rocking the van side
to side. Aside from the smells that emanate from 6 adolescent boys, the ride
wasn't too bad - no fist fights or anything!
Once we arrived at Bronner's we took a couple of group
photos at the entrance before separating into our respective families to do some
shopping. We spent quite a bit of time wandering around the store, amazed at the
selection of ornaments and other Christmas goodies offered here. Each of our
kids selected an ornament that they had personalized, as did Tara & I. Hopefully
we can make this into an annual family tradition.
After leaving Bronner's we made a quick drive through
downtown Frankenmuth to look at the lights before making the drive back towards
home. We did make a brief detour at Meijer to do some shopping that Tara & I
needed to complete. I am sure that we got a few strange looks here as well, but
the kids were kept entertained by the ice cream cones that Tara treated them all
too for "behaving" throughout the evening. Once our shopping was done, we
finished the drive home. Safely back at home we separated back into our own
families once again and called it a night. We had a great time with everyone
involved with the evening and are looking forward to seeing everyone again!
Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland
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Hannah, Elizabeth, Tyler, Taren, Samantha, Erin, Ben, Jayden,
Nick, Drew, and Tevin posing with the Santa Claus statue inside one
of the entrances to the store.
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Tyler, Drew, and Sam standing with another Santa statue at the
store exit.
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Tyler, Jay, Drew, and Sam with the Santa statue.
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Another picture of Tyler, Jay, Drew, and Sammie.
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Jayden and Sammie with an animated penguin.
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Jay standing with a polar bear.
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