Christmas Vacation- Part 2 Christmas Eve

It is a tradition in my family to go to the torch light parade at Park City Mountain Resort every Christmas eve. A whole bunch of skiers ski down the mountain holding torches and then at the end Santa comes down. Last year he came down on a sleigh pulled by a snowmobile but this year he just skied down. Ayden thought it was a lot of fun even though it was very cold. While we waited for it to begin we did some sledding. River pulled Ayden up the run a bunch of times and then we would all get in the sled and he would pull us down. It was a blast. After the parade we had a great dinner, an early visit from Santa, Brad and Ayden told the Nativity story, the kids opened their Christmas P.J's from Grandma, and the adults stayed up late telling telling jokes and stories. It was a great day.

Ayden and River getting ready to take off.
Axel and Ayden getting pulled up by River.

Brad and Ayden just as the parade begins.
(see the red lights by Ayden's head)
Now you can see it a little better.
And there they are. It really is a neat thing to watch but boy oh boy did their torches make it hard to breath. My Uncle Keith with the kids. Axel never likes to sit still for a picture and Alex looks like she is about to fall asleep but it is a cute picture anyway.

Every year Santa visits our house on Christmas Eve. This Santa is a friend of our family who every year dresses up and goes to a bunch of peoples homes and surprises them with a visit. This year just as my dad was saying "I wonder if we will get an early visit from Santa this year" the door flung open and Santa paid us a visit. As you can see in the picture Ayden loved it but Alex was not so sure what to think.