A Ride On The Polar Express

We had our Ward Christmas Party tonight.  I was instantly in love with the whole thing the minute I walked in.  The theme was "The Polar Express".

As we walked up to the door they had a couple of the primary kids handing out a polar express train ticket.  The room was decorated so so cute and there was a big train for a decoration.  Unfortunately I did not get a good picture of the train but it was pretty cool.

Here we are at the party.

 The secret to a great party (in my humble opinion) is the little details.  I loved how they had these cards with the program schedule on the dining tables.  I also loved that we ate on REAL plates, not paper ones.  It was a nice touch.

 This is a weird picture, but what is happening is there was power point pictures while a group of readers read part of the Polar Express book.

 Then Matt and Dave played their guitars.  They played a medly of "We Three Kings" and "Carol of the Bells".  I am so glad Matt has such an awesome talent.  I think he is soooo sexy when he plays the guitar!

 Then Santa came and gave everyone a bell.  The kids were SO excited, of course.

 Cute pic of the kids, Santa is having a beard problem, haha.

 I really enjoyed this party.  It was probably my favorite ward christmas party I have ever been to.   I also think it would have been really neat to do a Polar Express theme but instead of going to "story time", "trumpets way", and "North Pole" go to places like "the wise men's tent" and the "shepherd's hill" and "the Stable".  Just an idea in case any of you thought this was a fun party theme.

When I got home from the party Juliet was in a smiley mood so I took the opportunity to take a few pictures of her by our Christmas tree.  I thought these ones turned out so cute.