Polar Express

 we took a trip to the North Pole a couple days before Christmas.  We drove up to Williams, AZ in the afternoon, went on the train, decided we were freezing, so got back in the car and came back to the desert and had dinner together at Ruby Tuesday.  The girls loved it.  The best part was singing carols on the train.  I am glad we went on the Polar Express, don't know if it will become a yearly tradition.  Going in the afternoon without the benefit of twinkly Christmas lights and the forgiving night sky, the North Pole village looked a little...cheap.  You don't get out, you just look at it from inside the train, then the train turns around and goes back.  The girls were disappointed they couldn't get out, but then Santa gets on the train  and walks through all the cars and gives out bells on the trip back.

The best part was spilling relish all over Oscar and myself 20 seconds into the train ride.  Chelsey spent the entire hour and a half train ride eating nachos, cookies and hot chocolate.