Santa pics on Santa's Day

this year's christmas was totally different. we are usually at home doing our normal little family thing but this year the big VonForell family trip was moved from thanksgiving to Christmas instead. so we packed up the blue beast (my new car) and headed up I-5 to good ol WA. the main event of the trip was to hang out at the Great Wolf Lodge--again, last year it was quite the hit. once we arrived the cousins were posing for lots of pics, and getting ready for tons of fun. we took advantage of the amenties the lodge had to offer, seeing santa, the big clocktower show with a snowfall, a bedtime story and big Papa got each child a stuffed animal to snuggle and remember the coziness of this fun place. the kids couldn't get enough of each other and were always smiling, hugging and having a blast. more stories and pictures to come.