we went to the north pole on the polar express! who knew the north pole was only 3 hours away? the low was only 30 degrees but grandma insisted they have proper north pole coats, so they were really warm. :) i made sure she bought like 2 sizes bigger so they can last a really long time. hopefully we'll get some more use out of them..cause they sure wont need them this "winter" here in Mesa.
in their jammies ready to board the polar express!
our train boarded at 8, so we had some time to kill before. we ate at a cute country restaraunt & walked around their little town.
picture taken by bastien
it got reallly cold outside waiting for the train. i was actually wishing i wore warm boots like everyone else & not my flip flops.
they passed out cookies & hot chocolate. . cute face japs!
they said the train was built in the 1920's, so the windows were super old looking.
once we got to the north pole (I didnt take pics of it) Santa came on the train & gave each kid a bell. (i forgot to take pics of that, too) but here's a picture of the kids with their bells still mesmerized after seeing Santa.
on the way home they had some old snow on the side of the road. our kids have never seen snowso we pulled over & played in the slushie ice. i remember being the same age as bastien when i first experienced snow in northern cali. our family pulled over & i remember my feet being frozen cause i only had sandals. i think the kids had more fun here than on the train.
my sister's family is going to Utah for Christmas, so my family had a Christmas party on Friday & Ana (the nice aunt) bought all the kids these blankets.
this is the first year we've done a gingerbread house
bastien was playing with steven's ipod & i thought this looked pretty cute.
a month or so ago we went to steven's old stomping grounds to watch helicopters & planes. oh & good news!..steven is a pilot again! he has been flying helicopters for the past while..he gets to fly switzers & rotorway helicopters a bunch, (which gives him what he needs, hours!) & we're excited he's finally getting his foot back in the door of the helicopter industry. its been a long 2 years, but he said its like riding a bike. i'm so happy he's getting to do what he loves again!
3 comments:
love all the new pics and love the new babies name!
Congrats Steven! We knew you'd get there somehow someway!! We just found out you did Polar Express, so I came to look at your pics...We are doing it next year! Love the pics ..LUV Mary Lou
SO FUN! I know our boys would LOVE something like this!! You guys are such awesome parents!
Merry Christmas!!
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