The Polar Express

Today we went to Bryson City, North Carolina to ride the Polar Express. We took all of the little cousins.  We had a great day!  A cold front came through, and it was really cold (in the 40's). We walked around and enjoyed the train museum before boarding the train. We attempted a group picture.

The kids were so excited when we got on the train. They all wanted to ride together, and the girls on the train were great and allowed us to move throughout the train car.  They loved when the conductor punched their tickets. They kids were so excited when the hot chocolate song came on!  They loved the cookies and made a mess with the hot chocolate.

They looked precious in their matching pajamas. They had so much fun looking out the windows and dancing.

We made it to the North Pole. Then Santa came on the train! They loved getting their bells and sitting with Santa.

No one wanted to get off of the train!  Jackson kept asking when we were going to ride the Polar Express again.

Cookie rented a cabin for the weekend, so we went up there for dinner.  The cabin was beautiful, but it was on top of a mountain!  It was curvy one-way road!  It was a little scary with all of the drop offs! We decided we wanted to be gone before the sun set!

The kids had a great time playing, and we all enjoyed spaghetti and time together.  The views from the cabin were beautiful, and thankfully going down wasn't as scary! Jackson slept the whole way home, and Brook stayed awake talking and singing "my song: which is Santa Claus is Coming to Town.  He knows almost all of the words!

We had a great time riding the Polar Express with the Griswalds today!