ChristmasEve: Part One

We had a great time in Utah for Christmas. We flew in on Friday night and got in around 7:30, so we headed to our favorite place, the Old Spaghetti Factory, to eat. My mom and Austin picked us up, and Nancy joined us, so it was a nice time. Of course, everyone was excited to see Kate!

On Saturday, Christmas Eve, we went to Heber City to go on the North Pole Express. It's a very magical train that takes us all the way to the North Pole, and Santa even gets on to talk with every child! Surprisingly, Kate wasn't scared of him; when he first got on the train, it looked as though she might be, but by the time he came up to her, she was fine. When we weren't talking to Santa, we were singing Christmas carols and eating our Christmas cookies and drinking our hot cocoa. It was a fun time!

Christmas eve, we had dinner at home like always, and then we went to the seven o'clock service. Upon getting home, we had some Christmas goodies and hung up our stockings before going to bed. We knew that with Kate, we had a big day ahead of us!








Look at the camera, Kate!




This train was an original from 1899, I believe; very cool to ride in something so old (yet still working).


Austin




"Santa's coming!"




Nancy






So excited about Santa! (Ignore the hot chocolate spilled on her white shirt).




Some of the beautiful scenery we saw during our ride to the North Pole








You can tell it was rather hot on the train; Kate quickly took off her leg warmers and boots