Sunday, January 17, 2010

Polar Express!!!

We made our own POLAR EXPRESS train ride on trax.

The kids received their special golden tickets earlier that week, and we watched the movie Polar Express to get prepared for the big night...



The Conductor Punched our tickets, just like in the movie!

We had a great time singing carols, reading the story, eating cookies and drinking hot chocolate with cream!



You better watch out...




Uh, Oh! You better Not POUT... I'm telling you why,
SANTA CLAUSE IS COMING TO TOWN!!!


What a surprise it was when Santa met us at the end and gave us bells to see if we BELIEVE!

***A MUST READ MOMENT: When Santa handed Rylee her Bell, she turned to me and said: "Mommy, what if I can't hear the Bell Ring?" So, like the little boy in the story, I told her that if she didn't hear the bell ring that meant she didn't believe! Well, I watched little Rylee's face get more concerned as she shook her bell... and looked at me and said: "But Mommy, I BELIEVE... But, I don't HEAR anything!" Oops, her bell did NOT have the little ball inside that makes it ring- ha ha ha. We quickly cleared things up, and she DID believe, FEWF:)

Amelia burst through the crowd and made her way right up to Santa to be SURE he knew she wanted a Mr. Potato Head!

We had SUCH a great time with all these fun families!


Oh the Christmas Parties...

Annual Anderson Family Christmas Party
& the darling Nativity!


Rylee Jo was the Angel & Amelia was the sheep.
Milly was REALLY good at her one line, over & over again: "Baaaaah!"


Of course the ELF never forgets us!
The kids thought it was the greatest thing in the world, when they saw Rudolph's nose up on the roof, then a huge bag was magically dropped on the porch. Milly retold the story about 50 times:)

We all received a special gift from Great Grandpa Anderson-
the famous wooden marble track, a wonderful childhood memory for all the Anderson cousins. Now we EACH have our own. Thanks, Grandpa!

The Ward Christmas Program!
Rylee was able to sing as an angel with the Primary Kids. She was SO excited! (she's the tiny angel up front with the trumpet!)


Grandpa Corey's Christmas


We all had a great evening, with presents, games, and a surprise visit from Santa and his 2 elves!!!





Lastly, we cannot forget Our first, annual:
uGlY Christmas-SWEATER PaRtY!!!


with some GREAT awards, and some BEAUTIFUL sweaters: