Bright and early Sunday morning (4:30AM) we headed out on our trip to Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan to enjoy the annual Snow Festival!
Ryan was so excited to be riding on a big bus!
Mommy and her littlest man!
Oh yes, we got to fly on the Pokemon cartoon airplane :)
Running out a little bit of energy before boarding the plane!
Ry brushing up on his emergency landing procedures :)
First stop was the Sapporo Bier Garten for lunch! It was such a beautiful old building!
LOVE this shot!
All you can eat Mongolian BBQ for lunch - yum!!
All you can drink Sapporo beer too! Cheers!
Ryan being goofy :)
Just kidding of course!
Nathan and his big buddy Andrew ran around with super hero capes!
View of the main dining hall
That night we ventured out to look at the sculptures!
This one was a japanese/chinese friendship sculpture!
The detail was AMAZING to say the least! The eyes were made of ice and were almost eerie!
This one had lights and music every 15 minutes or so
The Lion King
This one was called The Temple of Heaven - it was gorgeous!
Mama and her big man!
The best thing about vacation is that you can eat breakfast ON the table!
Ryan checking out the view from our room!
This kid was unstoppable as always.. he didn't want to stop for anything!
Snow and ice slide!!
Wheeee!
While littlest man ran around like a crazy, Ryan preferred to sit and play with the dump truck!
It started snowing which was nice until the harsh winds picked up so we headed indoors!
Another snow slide!
Ryan and his buddy Andrew checking out the mini Shinkansen train :)
I think Ryan had a good time!
Checking out some more ice sculptures the second night
As fresh as it gets!
The hotel phone was a big hit!
Ry totally posed himself and asked me to take his picture - goober!
Tickle time!
We walked around downtown Sapporo killing time before getting back on the bus - this is the government building
Such a pretty building!
Quick pic!
The Sapporo TV tower
We went up to the observation deck to look around - bird's eye view of the sculpture sites!
Another view of the city
At the airport waiting to check in!
What I found the next morning... I think I'm ready for a beach vacation after all that snow and ice!
