A Day Out With Thomas!

It's become a family tradition - at the start of every Memorial weekend, we get to spend some quality time with our favorite train engine . . . Thomas. This year we had lots of company and the whole thing was a big surprise for us!

But first . . . . Snow . . . . at the end of May? Yep - mommy snapped this picture as she was leaving for work last Monday morning. The snow had just started and we had a couple of inches by the time it was done. May 24th - and snow - amazing!

And bubbles . . . . we love bubbles. Daddy was kind enough to blow a bunch of bubbles for us to chase the other afternoon. And now . . . . back to Thomas. Daddy picked us up early from school on Friday and we met up with mommy. They told us that we were going somewhere fun and that there were going to be some friends there. We had a bit of a drive from our house to Heber City and Sam and I both managed to fit in a quick nap on the drive. But as we pulled in to the station, we both perked right up as we saw Thomas waiting there for us.We take this Thomas thing very seriously! We were both in heaven!We love the fun things they have for us to play with and do while we wait for our turn at a train ride. But there is nothing like riding in Thomas' cars as he pulls us along the tracks!Our friends that came to meet us included Uncle Noley and Aunt Christy.And Grandpa and Grandma L.

Aunt Christy took this picture of us as we pulled back in to the station after our train ride.There was lots of posing with Thomas - here we are with daddy and Uncle Noley. We're sure we saw some of Thomas' other train friends there . . . like Salty and Mavis, and Annie and Clarabel. The breakdown train with his flatbed was there too. We played a little miniature golf too. We were surprisingly good at this game! And here is the big group photo with Thomas. Thanks for coming up to spend the afternoon with us everybody! We had the greatest time!On Saturday we went up to put flowers on some graves with mommy. And this afternoon we took flowers up to Grandma June's grave. It was such a beautiful afternoon that we bbq'd in the backyard this afternoon and enjoyed a great day playing and watering our flowers and garden (which consists of four different types of cherry or grape tomatoes this year . . . nothing like fresh bite-sized tomatoes off the vine!)Sam Alert: Howdy y'all. Wow did I enjoy our Day Out With Thomas! I think I like these trains almost as much as Mason does. Talk about a couple of very happy boys!And check out my mini-golfing form. I wasn't sure I wanted to do this at first, but once I saw how easy Mason made it look, I hopped right in and quite enjoyed myself. Of course, the easiest way to get the ball in the little hole is to pick it up and drop it in . . . . I figured that out right away! Maybe I have a career as a professional golfer coming up!