The Polar Express

Well the Polar Express has come and gone and it was fun. We drove up on Saturday and the kids were so excited that they put their cloths on along with their coats and beannies and did not take them off till bed time. About 15 miles before we hit Flagstaff it started to snow a little which was cool. We got to the hotel and checked into our room where Bodin and McKinna did a little exploring. Bodin opened up the closet and yelled “Awesome, a surf board!” pointing to the ironing board, too funny! Then they found the luggage holder and tried to jump from the bed to the holder which only has three straps across it, knuckleheads!!!

Our train ride wasn’t until eight so we went to the “Restaurant” (cafeteria) and ate gourmet food buffet style. It was finally time to get on the train and we had to wait in a line in the open air where there were 30mph gusts of very cold wind hitting us, the kids loved it. We got on the train and started to head to the North Pole. On the way there we each got a cup of the richest, creamiest, hot chocolate in the world along with a scrumdiddlyumptious cookie!! Ok, I have had better in a box in our pantry but the kids loved it and made it worth every penny. We reached the North Pole where Santa was waving to us. We left the North Pole and made our journey back to our hotel that was millions of miles away but we went through a cool hyper speed tunnel and made it in approximately 45 minutes. On the way back we sang Christmas carols and who appeared?? Santa Claus!!! The kids were sooooo excited and they each received a bell from his sleigh just like on the movie. We got back to our hotel where we were all ready for a good night sleep.

We knew it was going to snow so the next morning Shani was the first up and saw it snowed about 2 inches. Once the kids got up Bodin ran to the window and yelled in a very excited voice “Dad, there is snow eeeeverywhere” I know bud. “Dad, there is even snow on the road” I know bud, isn’t that cool. “Dad, there is even snow on the cars!!” That is awesome bud! On the way to breakfast it took us about 10 minutes longer to get there because the kids had to stop and play in every bit of snow they saw. We checked out and went about 5 miles up the road and let the kids play for a bit which was fun. Thanks to my dad letting us borrow his truck we made it out alive. The roads were packed with snow and very slick. I had to use 4x4 for most the time driving out of Flag, thanks again Dad.