Polar express!!

Driving home in a snow storm
The Fam!
Daddy trying to make Ryland smile
Parker passed out on the train
Some of us Huddling around a heater that did not work, we just like to think that it did!
Waiting for the Train!
The whole group that went!!
eating at the Buffet
on the way to williams.watching a movie

So the first week in December we decided to take the journey to the North Pole on the Polar Express. We went up to Flagstaff early in the morning so we could have the day to spend in Williams before we got on the train. Unfortunately there was no snow to play in but it was still freezing cold. Parker hated to get bundled up every time we went outside. I do not know how people who live in the snow have to bundle there kids all the time!! it definitely was not the part we looked forward to every time we wanted to leave the hotel room. Thankfully we survived. That night we ate at the buffet at the Grand Canyon Hotel. It was just like having a 2nd Thanksgiving dinner!! We went on the 8 pm train, which did not actually leave til 8:30 pm and let me tell you that waiting outside in the cold and windy weather for 45 minutes with 2 little kids was not fun either. We finally made it on the train and got moving, Parker had fallen asleep 5 minutes before we boarded the train and slept the entire train ride. ryland was extremely tired and was a tad bit crabby the entire ride. All in all we had a pretty good time. Next time we will for sure consider the early train!! We left early the next morning as Williams and Flagstaff got a huge snow storm in the middle of the night and continued the next day. We did not want to get snowed in, so our trip was ended quickly.