Shrek the Halls

We took a family vacation to Gaylord Hotel in Grapevine, Texas. They hosted their annual Christmas event, and this year the theme was Dreamwork movies, including Shrek, Madagascar, and Puss in Boots. The hotel and decorations were amazing with thousands of lights, life-size gingerbread house, reindeer carved from tree limbs, and huge Christmas trees! However, the place was packed! We experienced a lot while we were there but cut our trip short to save our sanity!


We got to spend some time with friends of ours that live nearby. Averi enjoyed decorating gingerbread men with Carson. I think she ate more than she decorated!


We had breakfast with Shrek one morning, including an ogre feast with a green dipping fountain. Averi dipped her own fruit and marshmallows. She also got ogre ears after saying the ogre oath to be ogre for a day!

Averi posed by the pink tree and life-size gingerbread house.

Princess Fiona was by far Averi's favorite character! She would not take pictures with the other characters.