Polar Express

A quick trip to the North Pole. Only 6 hours to Williams, AZ and then through the magic time warp tunnel and you're there! It was white, wonderful, and a little wet. A full day of family and friends and even a visit from Santa. We each got a new bell to add to our collection. You could hear train whistles and silver bells where ever you went. We will wait a couple of years to go again, hopefully our group will exceed our grand total of this year's 29 passengers on the Polar Express! (P.S. I was informed that this is the largest number of tickets sold to ONE family!)

We enjoyed the visiting the snow, but then getting to come home to sunny, warm California

The crazy gang on the train, the cookies were as big as your face!

Luke has been a little leery of Santa, but he actually took the bell from Santa and didn't nestle his head in Daddy's chest...progress

After the 6 hour drive, we decided not to get back in the car to drive another 2 hours home and stayed at Mom and Dad's for the day. It was so fun to be home and relax. Luke loved playing with Great Grandpa Storer and LOVED the train under Grandma's Christmas tree!

 

Although the drive was long, it was really fun to be able to have this experience with family. I am so lucky to have the family I have who makes the effort to see each other as often as we can. I love making these memories and I love this time of year.