Tour of Lights

Wow, what a turn out for a 28 degree night in Texas. Thank you everyone who attended the Tour of Lights event on tonight, as well as all of you who participated in the cake walk. I know it was cold, but what a bunch of troopers.

I hope everyone had a great time driving around in the warm limo looking at all of the lights. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

If you would like a copy of any of the pictures in the slide show please email me with the number below the slide and I will send you the full file.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Tour of Lights

It’s getting colder outside, lights are going up, and the air is filled with Christmas cheer. This could only mean one thing….

It’s time for Brookstone’s Tour of Lights

Monday, December 22^nd 7-9 PM

The party will be held by the playground next to the pool

What you can expect:

Hot Chocolate for All

Our very own Brookstone Santa will be here for pictures

Cake Walk

We have a train giving rides through the community to see a few of the best displays and lights

The announcement of the Community Light Contest

Socializing with your Brookstone Neighbors

Please bring a cake or baked goods to the party for the Cake Walk, the more cakes the better! The more cakes/goods that are brought the longer the Cake Walk will last. Store cakes/goods are welcome!

In an effort to organize the length of the ride and the route, we are asking that you please RSVP with how many people will be partaking in the train ride. We want to make sure we allot enough time for everyone to ride. Please email me ASAP when you know if your family will be attending and how many people will be riding. (Adults are welcome to ride too)

Community Garage Sale

Do you need to make some extra money before Christmas? Need to get rid of some of the extra clutter around the house? Clean out the garage and all of your closets, we are having a garage sale!!

The community garage sale will be on Saturday, November 8th. We will be putting signs out around the community, advertising in the newspaper, and putting a post on Craig's List.

The City of McKinney does require that everyone get a Garage sale permit, please do so as soon as possible. http://www.mckinneytexas.org/homeright.asp?aid=144&id=2395&did=1107

For the residents who have alleys, please have your sale in your front yard in order to keep traffic flowing. You can determine what time you would like to start and end your sale, recommended hours would be from 8am-dark.

And the Winners are...

The best costume at the Fall Festival last night goes to

Annelise Marie Egbert
22 months old
Resides on Bedrock


Pumpkin Carving Contest Winner
The Headless Horseman
DC Thompson




The winner of the "How many pieces are in the Candy Vase" was Gabi Meraz. There were 1239 pieces of candy in the vase, Gabi guessed 1245. Great guess Gabi, only 6 away!

Brookstone Fall Festival

The Fall Festival was a huge success. I would like to thank everyone who came out and participated. We had a great turn out!

Here are a few pictures from the event:

Make a Smilebox slideshow

If you would like a copy of a picture please email me and I will be happy to send you the file. Erica.Wink@gmail.com

Someone left their plastic gun behind. I was told that it is a Jack Sparrow gun from Pirates of the Caribbean, but please do not hold me to that. Mr. Sparrow if you find yourself unarmed please notify me and I will return your gun.

Have a safe and fun Halloween!

Fall Festival

It is that time of year again, and the Holidays are coming upon us. Get ready and mark your calendars for the Brookstone Fall Festival.

Put the kids in their costumes, and fill your trunk full of candy... We are going to have so much fun.

Business Directory

The businesses within the community are putting together a mailer for the residence of Brookstone. If you are interested in being in this mailer please contact Erica.Wink@gmail.com for more details. (All information is due in by September 1st)

Brookstone Playdates

I know we have many SAHM (and dads) in the community, including myself, so why not all get together. There have been post on the Brookstone message boards (www.BrookstoneMcKinney.com) asking for a playground, so let's try to get one started.

Let's all meet on the playground Tuesday, September 9th at 10am. We can further discuss then what we want to do in the future. I hope you and your little one(s) can make it, I would hate to be the only one on the playground. =)

Bunko Night

We are going to have our first Bunko party on September 18th for the community. Bunko starts at 7pm, and it will be $5 to enter. All of the money goes towards the prizes to be given away at the end of the night. If you do not know how to play this will be a great opportunity because we will teach you!! Bunko is open to everyone of all ages. If you are interested in playing or have any questionsplease contact Erica at Erica.Wink@gmail.com. Please contact me ASAP so we can make arrangment for everyone, and know how many people to expect.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

More Photographs from Picnic at the Pool

Hello Fellow Neighbors!

Here are more photographs from the Picnic at the Pool event. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Like I wrote before, I will happily order prints for you at no charge. Or, you can always click the image and save it to your own computer. For more examples of my work, please visit my website at www.LiveLoveLaughPhotography.com.

Enjoy!

Jill Laber

Live.Love.Laugh. Photography

McKinney, Texas Photographer

972.547.4009

Photographs from Picnic at the Pool

Hello Brookstone!

First of all, thanks to Erica for taking on the task of organizing these community events! You did a great job!

Here a few of the images I captured at the Picnic at the Pool event. I will post the rest of the images next week. Email me at jill@livelovelaughphotography.com and I will happily have the image of your choice printed for you for FREE! All I ask is that you visit my website http://www.livelovelaughphotography.com/ and if you need a photographer, think of me! I specialize in maternity, newborn, children and family portraits as well as all-inclusive wedding photography. I offer exclusive discounts to my fellow Brookstone residents!









Enjoy!

Jill Laber

Live.Love.Laugh. Photography