Saturday, December 20, 2008

The Polar Express

After Gatlinburg, we made a stop to board the Polar Express. In spite of everyone feeling sick (thanks to the bug that made its way through our cabin), we had an awesome time!

We boarded the train listening to the soundtrack from the movie. The conductor punched our tickets, and then hot chocolate and chocolate covered marshmallow Santas were served by our chefs. They read The Polar Express as we made our way to the North Pole. Once we got there, we saw Santa's house and none other than Santa himself! Santa boarded the train and handed out bells to all the boys and girls! Everyone sang Christmas carols as we made our way back to the train station. Ethan was so excited the entire ride!






Gatlinburg 2008

We spent the first weekend in December in Gatlinburg with the Smith side of the family. We went to the Christmas parade in the 24 degrees weather! It was a lot of fun even if we exhausted Katie's supply of hand and body warmers!






Just hangin' around the cabin...or in Aaron's case, hangin' out!


We played a little miniature golf, too.



We even had presents!