Christmas fun 12/20-21

This past weekend we drove up to Flagstaff for a little winter fun.  We got there Saturday and met up with our friends the Powells for lunch and some snow fun.  The only snow we could find was just on the side of the road in some trees, but the kids didn't care- they had a blast throwing snowballs, picking up rocks and sticks and just exploring in the trees.  Norah was starting to get sick and she actually fell asleep in my arms while we watched the boys play.  

After all the kids were throughly worn out we headed back to the hotel and met up with Grammy Sherry.  We cleaned up and then went to dinner.  Both kids were up most of the night coughing and Norah had a mild fever.

The next morning we rallied and went to the North Pole Experience.  It was a blast.  So much fun for the little ones!  We hopped on a trolley which took us through a "portal" to the North Pole and Santa's workshop.  The kids got to see some of Santa's first toys, his original workbench, and then got to help the elves make some toys.  They then got to send the toys through the factory to make them ready for Santa to load on his sleigh.  After all that hard work they had cookies and hot chocolate in Mrs Claus' bakery.  Then they had a little lecture in Elf Academy, then wrote letters to give directly to Santa.  We got to see Santa's sleigh, then Santa himself!  It was a lot of fun and we can't wait to do it again next year!