The Polar Express

So, we had heard that the Polar Express expedition in Heber City was AMAZING....so we nearly killed the entire family getting there and spent a good deal of money on tickets, only to be dissappointed in the end.

They tell you that you are going to the "North Pole" to see Santa, when in reality, you go BACKWARDS (which really bothered Ally) on a train going 10mph, in the dark with no lights or attractions along the way until you see a man in a Santa suit standing in a snowbank with a sign that says "North Pole" and red flood lights......then, you turn around and go 10mph back, but at least you go back FORWARDS I guess!! LOL

In all fairness, they gave us hot chocolate and cookies and sang a few Christmas songs while waiting for Santa to stroll through the train cars.....needless to say, we won't be rushing back next year.

Poop?

It is so amazing what kids remember......

As a family tradition, Matt takes the kids to The Festival of the Trees every year and they get to see Santa.....last year was the second year and when I asked Ally if she was excited to go and see Santa, she said "No, he stinks!". I started to laughed and asked her what he smelled like and she said "Poop, I think" with her nose all turned up like the memory was just as vivid as the day she first smelled it. I thought that was so funny that she could remember that from the year before, when she was only 2 years old.....

Today is the day that they are headed out for 2008 and SHE STILL remembers! I asked her about it this morning and she still claims that Santa smells like poop. She was scarred for life by some dirty Santa with gas at The Festival of the Trees!! Poor Kid....

Family Pictures

We decided to brave the photo studio for Christmas pictures this year and we actually did OK considering 2/3 kids were running 102.0 degree fevers just a few days before the occasion. Next year I think we will all have an attention span long enough to make it through the sitting. :o)