Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Polar Express

Adam's brother, McKay, had us for Christmas this year. So they bought us tickets for the Polar Express in Williams, AZ (near Flagstaff). We've heard a lot about it since we moved here and were quite excited to take the kids. Our date has been booked since the Fall and it was supposed to be on Friday, the 10th. Since my Grandpa's funeral was that weekend, I called them up days before we were supposed to go and they graciously rescheduled us for Thursday, December 16th! We were more than excited that it still worked out. It's pretty crazy that 2 1/2 hours away from the desert exists pinetree covered mountains & tons of snow! It just so happened to be snowing the few hours that we were there so it was quite the perfect setting!

Waiting outside for our train to come...

Standing in front of THE POLAR EXPRESS! The kids were so excited to get on!


Boarding the train...


Once we were all aboard, they handed each of us a Christmas songbook and napkin for goodies. They then brought by tasty hot chocolate (at the perfect temperature might I add) and cookies made by Mrs. Claus. These two boys LOVE hot chocolate! (And Adam loves posing with lame smiles, buster)

After we finished our goodies, they read the Polar Express while we followed along in our book.

Almost there...can you tell Lincoln was a little excited!

We finally arrived at the North Pole. It was so fun to see. Santa was out there on his big red sleigh with the biggest bag of presents that I've EVER seen. Along with Bernard the Elf up on a ladder marking off the names on his list...AWESOME!

After passing by the North Pole, the train stopped and went back the way we came. When we passed back by Santa's sleigh, he was nowhere to be seen! So we all started singing 'Here comes Santa Claus' and in he walked. All of the kids were SOOOO excited!

Santa came through our train car and gave every child a bell. The kids thought this was pretty cool.

And the bells never stopped ringing the whole way back...

Adam and I were pretty impressed with it all. Our kids LOVED every second which totally made the night. Thank you McKay & Julie for a fabulous Christmas memory that we just might have to continue!
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3 comments:

Blake Jones said...

That sounds awesome! I would love to do that with our kids. Maybe if we get stationed in Arizona, or go there for Christmas we can do it net year. One thing they should do is give the adults ear plugs when they give the kids bells:) Maybe bells aren't too bad, but someone gave my kids straws that whistle when you blow in them and they drive me nuts.

January 13, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Criscell said...

I'm so bummed that we never did this when we were in AZ. I had friends who did though and they loved it too! I'm so glad you had a good time. BTW, you look GREAT!! (Are you sure you have a baby in there?!?!)

January 13, 2011 at 3:56 PM
Criscell said...

P.S. Sorry to hear about your Grandpa's passing. He sounds like an incredible individual.

January 13, 2011 at 3:56 PM

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