Saturday, December 3, 2011

23 and 22 Days to Go!

We wrote a very sweet letter to Santa on Friday night.  Sam said he's been a very funny boy.  He wishes for a birthday cake and a yummy cucumber for Christmas.  He also wanted me to ask Santa if he'd be seeing his mom and dad.  Finally he said he'd also like to do some dancing.  Best Santa letter I've ever scribed before in my life.  Can't wait to hear back from Santa!
 With 22 days to go, we took a HUGE adventure to Banff for the Santa Claus parade.  It was so much fun.  I've also been on a mission for a great family photo.  Shaun decided that the best place for a family photo would be at the top of Sulphur Mountain.  GOOD IDEA Dad!  A little chilly but a really cool experience!
Here we are heading up on the gondola.  Sam said "It's not scary, it's funny."
Group shot!
A little fun on the pathway at the top.  Very chilly, but really cool.  I'd love to see it up there in the summer time. :)
After a day of hunting down Santa, touring the streets of Banff and fighting road rage in the parking lots we sat along the street waiting for the Santa Claus parade.  There were soooo many people and tons of excited kids!  Banff is beautifully lit up and the mountains in the background were gorgeous.  Here are my two excited boys!
These people were completely wrapped in lights.  Pretty cool!  There was also a drumming band that all the drums were strung with lights.  It's something to see!  I'd recommend it to allllll my friends!
Santa whipped past us (sort of reminiscent of Will and Kate in the Stampede parade!) on this beautiful white horse drawn sleigh.  
Loved this float... it was some big truck thing with a Grinch, Max and the sleigh floating behind.  So neat!
BIG BUS!  Early in the day, Sam was asked to name the bear at the Sulphur Mountain gondola.  Sam offered the name "Puppy".  They gave him a toy version of this bus, so it was really cool to see it drive past us.
A kind stranger offered to take a photo of us with this large Christmas tree.  Not exactly the photo I was hoping for.. they forgot to get the tree!!!!! 

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