“…the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe.” -Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
The North Pole Limited, Tennessee Valley Railroad, Chattanooga, TN.
Merry Christmas, everyone! Thank you for all of your kindness and support these past three years. I appreciate your visits to read about my life, my gripes, and my loves. Have a wonderful holiday, may it be filled with the hopeful and joyous sound of ringing bells.
(But not the incessant sound of a four year old and a two year old ringing some bells they got on a train ride because WOW. THAT can be a little annoying.)
Look at your cute coat and cute kids! Merry Christmas indeed.
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Thanks! I JUST got the coat as a little celebratory gift to myself. 50% off, they were practically giving it away.
Great photos, Jennifer! What a cool thing to do with your kids and what awesome memories they will have. Merry Christmas!
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Lovely pics – can’t WAIT to meet you in February! Merry Christmas!
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Excited to meet you FINALLY!
Merry Christmas to you too!
Great pictures. My aunt did something like this in AZ but I never heard of this in our area. It looks like so much fun!
I know they do this all over the country. I think if you look for a Day out With Thomas, the same railroad companies also do these Polar Express things.
Merry Christmas to you!
I love your coat – so cute!
Looks like fun. That train looks awesome.
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You’re pictures turned out great! Must be that fancy new lens
The Polar Express excursion was an awesome idea. It will go down as one of my favorite Christmas memories.
For me, too. We’ll have to make this a yearly tradition.
We go every year on the Polar express. My boys love it (so do hubby and me). It looks like you had a fabulous time.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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That looks like so much fun!
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Great Pics!! Merry Christmas!
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Looks like a wonderful magic filled time! Merry Christmas
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Polar Express South of the Mason Dixon Line!
KEEP BELIEVING
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Well we did have to go through a magical tunnel to actually get to the North Pole. We weren’t allowed off the train once there…probably by design. The kids would have figured out the white stuff in the air wasn’t actually snow!
SO cool. I wish we lived near something like this, pretty sure Maggie’s head would burst from excitement!
Merry Christmas!
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I bet there is something similar not far from you. Look up Day out With Thomas…the railroads who host that often also host a Polar Express outing.
Great shots! Love the one with the conductor down at the kids level.
are you enjoying playing with your new lens? Have a wonderful Christmas!
Will I be seeing you in Feb in Nas Vegas?
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Love my new lens. I will never own another crappy lens. The 1.4 is worth every penny.
and YES! I’ll see you in February!
SO glad you did this! We rode the Polar Express last year and Grand Canyon Railway. It was amazing!!!!
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That is so wonderful! I’m going to have to look it up to see if that runs near us.
Jennifer, love ya. Blessings, happiness and muffled bells
for y’all this Christmas.
<3 Rachel
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How awesome is this!! The pictures are wonderful.
My boys would love this – maybe next year!
Have a very Merry Christmas Jennifer!
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I LOVE the Choo-Choo. What a great place to visit at Christmas time.
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how fantastic!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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p.s. ***love*** your coat!
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I too can’t get over your coat…where, oh where, did you get it?
And this gets me very excited about future Christmases with my kid once he’s grown some and into the season.
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I got the coat at Belk, my favorite department store. I was just there yesterday and the coat was now 60% off…if only I’d waited a week to buy it!
Your blog is really awesome. I really liked reading it. Thank you for sharing such nice and interesting post.
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Beautiful photos! My kids would LOVE Grand Junction. Will keep it in mind if we ever happen to be in TN during the holidays, which isn’t likely, but still… Happy holidays!
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The pictures are great – but the look on his face, in that 7th picture, is priceless. That says everything, absolutely everything, about what it is to be a little boy.
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