We really have such an amazing group of friends in Arizona! We had all been wanting to go up to Flagstaff to see the North Pole experience so what better way of doing that then all going together!! So we rented a house big enough for 21 people and off we went! We drove up on Friday with enough time to check out the house, unpack then head off to the North Pole Experience. Of course we all dressed up!
After getting to the spot we rode a bus through a vortex to get to the North Pole! Carter wanted to sit by me!
And all the girls wanted to sit by Mr. B!
When we got to the North Pole we got to see some of the toys Santa has made throughout the years!
Family pic!
Ashley wants all the babies!
Gracie too!
Waiting in anticipation!!
Excited!!
Who wants to see in Santa's Toy Shop?
Elves came to talk to us!
Let us in!
Once we got in Ashley liked the toy train running up above her!
An elf making teddy bears for kids!
A little battle!
Then we learned that we were going to meet Mrs. Claus!
Ashley was most excited!
Probably because Mrs. Claus's elves were handing out cookies!
And hot chocolate!
How fun for our soon to be 6 year old to experience this and with friends!!
Taking it all in!
Mrs. Claus!!
Then it was off to Elf School!
We learned everything we needed to become good elves!
We saw Santa's mail room!
And then we wrote letters to Santa!
All the kids took this very serious!!
And with that Trevor became an honorary elf!
Love that he didn't ask for anything from Santa, he just wanted to tell him that he loved him!
We got a great group shot!
And family shot with Santa! So glad we dressed the part!
That night after the kids were tucked in tight (pretty easy considering how late and tired they were) the girls chatted away at the dining table and the boys played cards.
In the morning the boys cooked up an amazing breakfast before some of us took off on a hike! Was fun to bundle up!
We were searching for snow!
And we found some!
Ashley was done with that so back to the house we went!
We decided to have a Friendsgiving while in Flagstaff and Mr. Neill did not disappoint with his turkey!
Pic of all the friends...plus Katie and Mary since their littles wanted them in the pic too :)
And before we knew it, it was lights out. Jack and Trevor were too cute sleeping on the pull-out between our rooms.
That night we played more cards, drank more Kim Crawford, celebrated Katie and Mr. Bryan McCormick's birthdays and enjoyed each other's friendship. What a wonderful experience this was! On Sunday we loaded up the car and headed back to Phoenix to see our Hillins' cousins who were in town for Thanksgiving! But first, a quick nap!
We are all decided that a Friendsgiving tradition begins! Maybe not always in Flagstaff but it's happening. The girls have even dubbed ourselves the Flagstaff Five!!!
