Calloway Gardens

After Christmas we took a trip down to Calloway Gardens to see the light show with some friends.  Calloway is a resort about an hour south of Atlanta with gardens, golf, tennis, and all kinds of amenities.  We just went to spend time with great friends and for our little ones to see the light show, which is a very popular thing to do at Christmas time around the Atlanta area.  We went with our friends Wes and Maggie Muschara and their two children, Colt and Marley, and Ben and Courtney Thomas (who planned the trip--thanks guys!) and their two children, Caroline and Alley.  We stayed in one of Calloway's villas which had three very large master suites for each of the three families--it worked out great!  The options for viewing the lights are riding in your own vehicle or riding on a trolley, which is open air.  Of course we wanted to do the trolley so we could all be together and take in the whole experience.  However when we booked the villa, which included the trolley ride, weeks before the trip we had no idea that it would snow on Christmas and be in the 20's that night!  So, we just layered clothes on the kiddos and wrapped up in blankets for the trolley ride.  All the kids loved the light show and not one of them complained the entire time about being cold--and it was about a 60 minute ride.  I think the adults were colder than the kids by the time we got back to the villa!  We all had such a good time with great, great friends and the little ones just loved playing together!  We only took pictures of the kids, which is how it usually works these days :)

Caroline, Colt, Alley, Cohen and Marley