The Polar Express

On our way home from Utah, we stopped in Colorado to ride the Polar Express. Besides the fact that we froze our toes off in -15 degree weather, it was a lot of fun!! We sang Christmas Carols, drank hot chocolate and even dropped Santa Clause off at the North Pole!! Jesse loved it so much we're already planning on going back next year

Waiting for the train to pull in.

Here's the train!!The conductor collecting the tickets.Santa and our waitress, Claire.The North Pole.Caleigh and her Christmas Bell.
Emmalee and Claire, after the ride was finished.

Cousin Courtney

The girls had a lot of fun playing with Cousin Courtney (who also got engaged Christmas Eve!!!)

The Night Before Christmas

Aunt Terry read The Night before Christmas to all the grandkids, needless to say Addie and Danne were the biggest helpers ever!

Cousins

We spent Christmas in Moab, Utah this year with some of Jesse's family. Addisyn made a new friend, her cousin Danne. They had so much fun together!

Snow!

Here are a few pictures of the one day of snow we had here in Albuquerque.

Christmas Concert

About two weeks ago Caleigh had her Christmas Concert for her preschool. Of course this happend to land on the one day of the year it decided to snow here. By the time everyone realized how bad the roads were, it was too late to cancel or reschedule the show. So...I asked Caleigh if she wanted to go and sing for everyone, and she happily said yes!! Jesse was working, so I packed up all three girls and drove what was supposed to be a 10 minute drive to the church. The roads had gotten so bad that it took us almost an hour just to get to the church. By then of course, Caleigh had decided that she no longer wanted to sing on stage. I really didn't care what she wanted to do at this point, she was going to get up on that stage with a huge grin and sing her heart out. So I dropped her off in the 'green room' and found a seat for the girls and I. When it comes time for her song, Caleigh walks out on stage, mostly of her own free will, and within seconds has decided she does not like this plan anymore. Caleigh and her best friend Trinity are then being held by Trin's mom Mary, and she is rocking them both on her hips like little babies. They have thrown their santa hats off and are almost in tears because they hate this so much. Their whole song lasted less than two minutes, and the girls run off stage. It took me another hour to get all three girls packed back up in their jackets and in the car, and another hour after that to get home because the roads were total ice!! Merry Christmas from Caleigh!