Elly turns 1 year old!

Elly was too cute. She was pretty apprehensive about eating the cake until we gave her a spoon! Then she was happy to dig right in! She loved the attention of going through this "photo shoot" but was a little confused why everyone was watching her. Our baby is growing up so fast. Sigh.

The Polar Express!

Our family had a fun little outing to Heber City to ride to the North Pole! The kids were sooooo excited! We had a real hard time taking good pictures, but still wanted to share the fun of it!




True to the book, we came dressed in jammies (well the kids did. If Derek and I had the train wouldn't have pulled out of the station!) We were served hot chocolate and cookies, the conductor came through the cars and punched our tickets, and at the end Santa himself gave each of the children a magical bell. Oh what fun! The kids were bragging for a long time that they had now seen the North Pole (a light display outside the trains stopping point) and ridden on the REAL Polar Express!