The Polar Express

On December 13, we drove up towards the Grand Canyon with the kids to ride The Polar Express train to "the North Pole". We were so lucky! It snowed the night before and even while we were driving up there! We froze our tushes off (well, mostly I froze my tush off)...but the kids were super excited and loved playing in the snow (for a minute, until their hands froze)


All bundled up in their pj's...ready to board the train!

Family picture in the nice WARM train!

Hannah loves her daddy!

After the story, "The Polar Express" was read aloud on the train and we reached the North Pole, an announcement was made that Santa was ON THE TRAIN!!! You can see the anticipation in Hannah and Mason's eyes as they craned their necks to see Santa.

Mason was really excited....he could hardly contain himself!

And Hannah couldn't believe she was actually gonna get to talk to Santa!

He really was a sweet jolly old man...who was nice enough to not only hang in there long enough for my camera flash to fire...but he also handed each kid their very own bell. Just like the story.

After staying overnight near the Grand Canyon Railway that evening, we woke up in the morning, had breakfast, and enjoyed the heated indoor swimming pool and jacuzzi at our hotel. On our way home, we couldn't pass the chance to check out the Grand Canyon Harley dealership and let the kids play in the snow a little more!