Polar Express

We waited to long to get tickets last year so we decided over the 4th of July that we were going to go this year for Liam's 4th birthday. I sent a text out to both of our families to see who would like to join us and we got tickets for those who responded. Andy and Ari were here for the 4th and said they'd love to go as well so we bough tickets for all of us. My family and a few of Matt's decided not to come for various reasons but we were super excited to go. Matt's family that was coming was running behind they had come from Idaho and Tremonton so they decided to get a hotel for the night and had gone swimming and lost track of time. So we met up with Andy and Ari to give them their tickets and take some pictures. Here's all of our kiddos all are within 12 months of each other.

Our cute family of six

I was so glad we got there early and didn't feel rushed and took all the pictures we wanted...they even let us board early. Because we were such a big party(20 in total) we had half of the care to ourselves.

Liam initially was really nervous because he was afraid the train was going to go off the tracks just like in the movie. We covered it multiple times that we wouldn't go off the tracks and then he started to be excited but once we got on the he was really excited. He kept staring out the window taking it all in.

We had to have cookies and hot cocoa. Liam's favorite song is the hot cocoa song. He happily sang along when they sang it.

When we stopped at the North Pole a visitor boarded the train and brought gifts with him. He looked so real and Emy said it was because we came to the North Pole so we didn't get an imposter.

He gave each of the kids a bell and if you can hear it ring it means you still believe in Santa

They also brought mistletoe around for all the couples...Ari's face kills me

Still taking in the sites out the window. Once it got dark there were plenty of Christmas lights on our way back.

Emy took this sweet picture of Joy blowing her a kiss.

Here's our family group

Then we went over to Dairy Keen "cho cho restaurant" we sat and visited with Andy and Ari to catch up. The kids happily sat together and Liam just wanted to follow all the trains around. Such a fun place to eat.

Happy early birthday little buddy. I can't believe 4 years ago we were still waiting for you to brighten our lives. So fun celebrating doing things you love.