All Aboard the Polar Express!

Last year around Christmas time Ryan and I heard about the Polar Express train ride near Flagstaff. We both wanted to do it, but it didn't work out last year. This year we planned ahead and made it up there. We decided to keep it a secret from the kids until we went to put pjs on to board the train. We thought we would get a great reaction that way and we weren't disappointed. We maybe kept it a secret a little too well, though. The kids weren't as familiar with the story as they could have been, but luckily Marissa's and quick learner and Devon loves trains! We all had a great time and it was definitely worth the trip!



Devon looks pretty excited!!




We all got hot chocolate and cookies on the ride, had a visit from Santa after we picked him up at the "North Pole", and each received a bell to remind us to believe.


After the train ride, we went to a cute little cafe/diner for some pie.


It took us about 3 hours to drive to the train so we decided to stay the night afterwards in Flagstaff. The kids always love a night in a hotel complete with a continental breakfast and swimming pool! We thought we would try to drive up to the snow while we were there. Unfortunately (or fortunately, whichever way you want to look at it) there wasn't a ton of snow as you can see, but the kids still enjoyed putting on their rarely used winter coats and tromping around in it!