Polar Express!!!

This year we decided it was finally time to experience the "Polar Express". We made reservations to go ride the Polar Express in Durango, Colorado on Dec. 17th. The night before we decided to get together and watch the movie. I hadn't seen the movie before this so I was glad I watched it because the actual Polar Express experience followed the story line of the movie pretty close. Great movie---Great experience!! We had a lot of fun.

Those of us in our family who live in Blanding (plus Josh!), made the trip out to Durango. We boarded the train at 5:15 and were ready for the adventure to begin.

Everyone got hot chocolate and cookies!

We sang Christmas Carols!!!

The kids got bells

After the ride, the kids got to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas!!

Our family sent us to the BYU/Hawaii football game for our 40th anniversary!!!

This year our family gave us a trip to Hawaii for our 40th anniversary!!! How awesome is that?

Stacy, Taylor & Palmer and Noelle, Trent, Maxon, Scout & Denver went along with us.

We flew to Seattle and then we had a 4 hour lay-over. That time went by pretty fast watching the kids play in the play area they had at the airport.

Finally the time came for us to board for our flight to Hawaii. We were on our way!!



When we got to Hawaii, it was night and we were glad to find our motel and get some sleep.

To be continued....................

Hawaii: Day 1

Our first day in Hawaii was spent on a tour of the Island. We saw a lot of beautiful things and were able to relax on a bus as we drove around and saw the sites.

We ended up at the Polynesian Cultural Center and spent the afternoon there.




We walked around the grounds of the beautiful Laie Hawaii Temple and then.......

........ended the day back at the PCC at a Luau and program.


It was a very fun day!!!!

Hawaii: Day 2, visit to the beaches

Day 2 was our day to play on the beach. We waited for a bus to take us to Hanauma Bay!!

It was a relaxing day on the beach. We played in the sand.

And we did some snorkeling. Those fish are awesome!!!!

We were visited by some pigeons.
After returning to the motel and cleaning up, we walked down to Waikiki Beach. How awesome and beautiful is it at night????