Festival of Trees

We visited something new (to us), wanting to appreciate Christmas lights and decorations.  The Hotel Roanoke has a popular tree decorating contest each year, with community organizations competing for votes.  Two dozen organizations are selected to present decorated trees, which the hotel displays for viewing.

We visited this hotel two years ago, celebrating Holly's 18th birthday with a dinner in their very fancy dining room.

Even the walk up from the parking lot was pretty.

The entrance is quite grand.

I snapped pictures of some of our favorites.

This one was adorable, but we found it a bit disturbing that the "Crazy Tree" was sponsored by a mental health organization.

And the very rare shot of me and Robert together!  Thank you, Billie, for being so patient, taking a dozen pics, and getting a couple that we liked!

For several months, we've been planning to go to dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant. We haven't been out to a sit down restaurant in over two months (Holly's last birthday).  We went to Alejandro's and had a wonderful meal.

It was a really, really enjoyable and fun night out for us.