Well, here we are at the North Pole. Who knew you could visit Santa's house? Or see his reindeer close up? We got to do both today! We got to meet Donner, Blitzen and Prancer, all the other reindeer were sleeping in their barn because it was raining. The reindeer look really shaggy because they are losing their winter coat. But their antlers are SO BIG! After meeting Santa's reindeer we hurried to his house to meet Santa. Imagine our surprise when the elves told us that Santa goes to church! So we looked around his house, and the elves showed us all the toys they're making for Christmas.  We were not allowed to take pictures in their workshop (in case a toy is for some child we might know.) After lunch we went back and saw Santa and he remembered bringing us presents when we were little! How cool is that! Then he asked us how our grandchildren were doing and if we knew what they wanted for Christmas (I told him about the blue bike for Sophie and how much Grace loves dolls.) He did say that he knew Marshall, Chuck, Jim, Lon, Henry, Benson, Peter, Jack and brother Bill had not been good this year and would all be getting coal for Christmas. Santa said that used to be a punishment for bad boys, but this year with the energy crunch some people were actually excited to get coal for Christmas. We also got to wear elf hats and get our picture taken with Santa!  Tomorrow we drive to Fairbanks. On June 29th I'll be diving into the icy cold waters at the Arctic Circle!