The Polar Express

What a great Saturday we had. We got up in the morning and drove to Palestine TX to ride the Polar Express. We went with John, Wendy, Hannah, and Emma Gee and Craig, Darlene, Grandma JoAnn, Claire and Abby Fournier. It is a train that runs from Palestine to Rusk and back. It takes about 1 hour to ride. As we waited in line to board the train some of the chefs come out and took pictures with us. When we got on the train we were greeted by the conductor and the chefs. Once the train began, we were given hot chocolate and rice krispie treats. Sarah and Micah were in heaven. Micah cuz she was on my lap and Sarah was so impressed by the whole train trip. She looked out the window and asked if we would see wolves. I said I wasn't sure and to keep looking out the window. We got to the North Pole and there was Santa. He was outside waving to us. He then boarded the train and came through the cars and gave each of the girls a sleigh bell on a little leather string. Sarah said it was a bell off of Rudolphs sleigh. After that we sang songs and the chefs danced in the aisles. Russ got pictures of the chefs doing 6 Geese a Laying and Lords a Leaping. After a wonderful ride, we got out and went to the gift shop and shopped a little. Then we went back to the hotel and Emma spent the night with Sarah in our room. They stayed up until 10:00 and were up Sunday morning at 6:30.