Happy Birthday Hans Fry! 12/20/13

Hans turned 31 years old!

The girls loved helping him celebrate his special day!

And blowing out the candles (don't you love Arlee's gloves. She does too
and she wears them all the time. 

We took the girls to the Polar Express in Hood River, Oregon. I thought it
was a weird way to celebrate Hans' birthday, but he was really excited to do
something fun with the girls. 

And they loved it.

They got tickets which the conductor came around and hole
punched (only once though. He didn't come around
a couple times like the movie.)

Arlee proudly showing her ticket!

By this point (half way through) Lydia was all over the place. She was up
and down and sideways when she lost her footing. All in good fun though.

Santa came around and listened to what the kids wanted. He gave them a
bell and Arlee was so pleased we could all hear it. All of us except for the
"hobo" living on the train. Arlee was shocked when he couldn't hear it. He
did not believe!

After the ride was over we got off and went to our hotel. We got pizza (no
other places in town really) Then we went to DQ and got a candy cane
blizzard.  We had a nice chat with people eating there. They had a play area
so we were there for a bit. After our ice cream was gone we headed back to
the hotel and jumped into the pool. It was a great day. I mostly manned the
pool deck. The water was freezing to me and my swimsuit was more on the
snug side since I have a baby bump then. Arlee jumped off into the pool all by
herself. Another testament to me that she is getting older and more daring.
Lydia though was now a little more hesitant. Hans kept getting water on her.
When the girls would get cold we would go take a quick dip in the hot tub.
In the morning we woke up, ate breakfast and headed back to Yakima.
We had a great trip and it was a good thing to do on Hans' birthday.
Happy Birthday Hansel!