More Holiday Hoopla

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

While we were in Williams, it snowed over 10 inches! We couldn't have asked for a better taste of winter for all these So Cal Kids.

Here are the Moms

This was our second trip to the Polar Express and hopefully not our last

Logan LOVES to catch snowflakes on his tongue!

Holiday Hoopla part 4

Our stay in Flag was short, in fact, we really only had time to eat. We stopped at Crystal Creek for dinner, played some pool and ate the YUMMIEST BLT w/avocado sandwiches in the world. And for brunch we hit another college days favorite, Mike and Rhonda's for biscuits and gravy (that's what I had, I honestly don't remember what Shawn ordered, wait now i remember. He had the largest chili burger in the world, which was nice because I have been craving chili lately and the one time I had some, Caden punished me dearly for it. Anyway back to the story). Before breakfast we had to get a little snow time in, you can see Caden didn't really know what to think of all the white stuff, but then again, we didn't really give him much of a chance to experience it either. By the time we finished brunch, the snow was falling pretty steady so we decided to get on the road before driving conditions got bad...Shawn is a bit paranoid about using tire chains. Off to Williams we go to the Polar Express.

Holiday Hoopla part 3

It just so happened that our hotel in Tempe was right across the street from Game Works, aka Shawn's Heaven on Earth. We got over then when it opened and it was dark when we pulled into Flagstaff.

Holiday Hoopla part 2

On day 1 of Christmas vacation, we headed out on our first roadtrip with Caden. We were a bit nervous, not knowing what to expect from our little man. Our first stop, Phoenix AZ, where we met up with Bradi and her family, who were visiting their families during the holidays. We grabbed a quick and somewhat chaotic bite of pizza and topped off the meal with a scrumptious dessert that brought out the inner piranha in each of the kids.

It was Caden's first chance to meet those crazy Portland folks!

Our Holiday Hoopla part 1

Our Holiday Festivities started with Gingerbread House making in Logan's kindergarten class. It's amazing how engrossing cookies with lots of frosting and candy can be. You can see the results of his hour of work.

Caden was rather bored by the whole thing.