Saturday, December 15, 2012

All aboard the Polar Express!

 This was our second year to come to the Polar Express.  Brody has so much fun.  Last year there was a lot of snow everywhere but this year there was no snow! 


Brody and daddy ( he looked that way on purpose!)



ready to go!

looking out the window at the people running to get on board!

chowing on cookies!



would not look at him if his life depended on it!



However, that night it snowed and when we woke up that morning it was a winter wonderland!



snowball fight!





snow angel

Brody's little snowman him and daddy made!

looking at his footprints!



so gorgeous!

On our way home, we went through Bearizona again. We loved it so much last year we had to see it again! This time it was snowing like crazy and they warned us to not stop on the hills because we will get stuck! The animals weren't out like they were last year, especially the bears, but we still saw them! And we got stuck in the Arctic wolves section! Thank goodness Cory was driving because he finally got us up the hill...his inner Michigan driver in him came out! And once we got to the end, the guy told us that they were closing up because the snow was so bad!








wolves!

driving through the bear section

 Our way home through Flagstaff was quite scary!  The roads were awful and we drove about 20 MPH on the highway.  There were about 4 accidents within a 2 mile stretch!


We had such a great time and it put us in the Christmas spirit!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Phoenix Zoo Lights

 Before heading to ride the Polar Express, we stopped and stayed in Phoenix for the night.  We went to the Phoenix Zoo Lights and it was awesome! Brody loved looking at the lights.  Christmas gets more fun each year with him growing up!






This tree was huge and every bit of it was lite up!





Looking through the 3D glasses which did nothing but blur the lights together but Brody thought they were cool!









one of my favorites...monkeys hanging from a tree!

of course we had to stop and ride the merry go round

light show over the water was amazing!





 one of Brody's favorites...the black widow!



loved this tree also!

I was so surprised that Brody wanted to ride the camel! He loved it!



We had a fun yet chilly night in Phoenix and now we are headed to Williams, AZ to ride the Polar Express!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

More of Mickey...

Mickey trying to open one of Brody's presents!

Water battle with Jake and the crew against Captain Hook

chilling on the tree

roasting marshmallows!

 Mickey found the candy!

Mickey's version of a sleigh and reindeer!

Brody said, "what a mess!" 

1 day until Santa!