So yesterday, my mom braved the blizzardy Utah weather (along with my sis and sis-in-law) to take all the grandkids to Heber to ride the Polar Express. You have never seen 3 such excited kids.
We told our kids a week ago Grandma Hugie was taking them, and it has been an hourly countdown ever since. When "the day" actually arrived, there was not the usual dragging to get ready in the morning...they were all happy, quick to get ready and eat breakfast...and man were they eager to get on with the non-essentials of the day :)
When they got here, my mom disappeared for a while with our van...she returned with an envelope from Les Schwab...yeah, she put tires on our van. It had tires before, don't get me wrong...I guess the thought of heading up Parleys canyon in glorified inner tubes was a little frightening. I still don't know what to say, other than "thanks, Mom." :)
So off they all went. Since I wasn't there, and I get a very condensed version of what happened from my kids, this is what I gathered:
-Got on train...conductor punched a 
star in everyone's ticket
star in everyone's ticket-"Elves" served hot cocoa and cookies
-Santa made his way around the train, and took time with each child. Every child got to sit on Santa's lap, and he gave every child a bell from his sleigh.
It is a precious memory none of them will ever forget.
Thanks so much, Mom!
Thanks so much, Mom!
3 comments:
What a fun Grandma! That sounds like a lot of fun!!
It sounds like they had fun. What a great mom/grandma and sister/aunts.
Okay, Tiff, you know what my favorite thing would have been if I were you (and no, I don't have the energy to actually BE you!) is that you even have pictures to scrap or blog or whatever! How wonderful that your mom and Jennie did this and your kids have the memories..and YOU have the pictures! That's why I do 90 percent of my life is so that I can have pictures to capture the moments for them to look at later and say, "oh, that was the best!".
The kids will remember that forever. What a great idea, Shanna! You should write a poem about the night! Never mind..you probably already have! I'm ready to hear it? What magical moments!!!!
Love you and your family!!!
Barbara
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