The Polar Express

On Tues last week Livvy, Micah and I accompanied my sister Wendy and her kids, Cody and Kaylee to ride the Polar Express! There is a family compound in Lindon called Stringtown that provides the Polar Express ride to the public for FREE! It was really fun. We started off by waiting in the train terminal watching the movie The Polar Express. When our names were called we boarded the train and took off for the North Pole. After a short ride we arrived at Santa's Workshop and were able to meet the jolly man himself. The kids each took a turn telling Santa what they wanted, for Livvy it was "candy and underwear"! You can see Micah thoroughly enjoyed the experience! Santa gave each of the kids a jingle bell (the first gift of Christmas from the movie), a candy cane, a picture of the Nativity and the story of the candy cane. I was really impressed with this. This family who puts on the Polar Express was not ashamed to share the true meaning of Christmas. In this day and age when the "commercialism" of Christmas is taking over and the story of our Savior is being pushed aside, it was nice to see and hear the story shared to all, even if someone was at risk of being offended. Kudos to Stringtown! We continued our journey on the Polar Express while listening to the song "Mary Did you Know?" and passing the beautiful pictures depicting the Savior's life, painted by Simon Dewey, very touching. It was a really fun morning, even though we had trouble at first finding the spot.