The Polar Express

Last Saturday we took the kiddos on a train ride...... but not just any ol train ride.... it was The Polar Express train ride to the North Pole, to visit Santa!

A couple months ago a friend of mine told me about a train ride down in Mt. Pleasant. You board the train & take a ride to the North Pole! It sounded great, who wouldn't want to ride the Polex to visit Santa! Plus my kiddos are sooo into the Polar Express movie that it sounded fun. So we ordered up some tickets & waited for December 12th!

It was WONDERFUL!! The kiddos loved it, we (me & DJ) loved it & the grandma's loved it!

We boarded the train & while we rode to the North Pole we listened to the Polar Express book over the speakers.... then we arrived.... pulling into the town of The North Pole. While we were at The North Pole we got to sit & enjoy some of Mrs. Claus' cookies & hot chocolate.

We also made some crafts- some cute stocking ornaments and found some good "photo ops" & of course meeting the big guy himself- SANTA! Santa also showed the kiddos his very cool watch that helps him stay on schedule Christmas Eve.

It was such a good time, I loved just watching the kiddos take everything in. Hopefully we just started a new tradition we can do every year.

3 year old pictures
We finally got around to getting the kids 3 year pictures done! I wanted to get them done in the summer, but you know how it goes.... yep, I ran out of time & never got them scheduled. Well, now it's getting close to Christmas & I want to order a Christmas card with the kids picture on it.... so, I called up Kim to see if she had an available time & she did. I think they are just GREAT!! Thank you Kim, you (& the kiddos) did an awesome job!Austen
My handsome little man. Very much a boy, he loves to wrestle around, gets a bit rough with his sisters at times. He loves balls, puzzles & reading books.... Austen also LOVES pancakes! Caitlen
My munchkin. Catilen is very soft hearted & she gets her feelings hurt easily, but on the other hand she is also my most dramatic, with everything- drama! She loves to play pretend & dress up, along with puzzles (she is really good at puzzles!) and reading books.Brooklen
aka: peanut (or peanut butter). Brooklen is very independent & most of the time knows exactly what she wants.... she can be a bit bossy at times. My little mother hen that loves to help me around the house with laundry or dishes or whatever I'm working on. Brooklen loves to play pretend & dress up.
I think pictures are getting easier... they will at least sit for a few minutes! As you can see, we were getting the semi fake smiles, maybe 1/2 way thru. It takes a while to try to get a good group shot & then also take individual pictures. They did a great job!!

Family Pictures
Family pictures are hard- 1st, it's hard to find a day that everyone is available.. 2nd, oh what to wear.. & 3rd, there are a lot of little people to try to get looking at the camera & to stop moving... oh & I'm a blinker on pics.. I think my mom & sisters are also so, that is a lot of things to try to get perfect, for even just a moment & I think we did an awesome job this year! Kim took the pics & she did a super job at keeping all the kiddos attention- thanks Kim!!


Here are a few of my favorites....
Klocke Family
I love the one with everyone sitting down.
Jenni, Mom, me & Kim

Mom & her grandkids

Kids playin in the leaves.

I love these!!

Then the kiddos piled leaves on Payton, he is sooo good w/ the little kids! :)

Ernberger Family

I don't have any of the Benesh or Raso families yet, I'll add to post when I get copies.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Mr. Wilson's Apple Orchard

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!