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Jun 22, 2011

A Day Out With Thomas
Today we drove up to Green Bay to spend the day with Thomas and 
his friends!  We got to take a ride on a train that Thomas pulled, 
played with several real trains in the train museum, saw Sir Topham
Hat, got train tattoos and had fun as a family of 3!  Owen's eyes
were constantly on the move soaking up all the entertainment, so 
we didn't get too many pictures of him actually looking at the camera.
He has already suggested that we go "maybe again" :)


Waiting in line to board Thomas



We picked the double decker and rode on the top


Waiting for Thomas to start our trip



Getting a good look at Thomas pulling us along our ride



Big Big Locomotive
Inside the train museum we could go in several
of the trains and see what they used to look like 
inside.  Owen has a poster of the Big Boy 
Locomotive in his new big boy room, so it was very
exciting to see him in person!


Back of Big Boy


Owen leaning against Big Boy's wheel


Daddy and Owen spent a lot of time inside his
cab


His cab had so many wheels to turn and levers to pull
a 2 year olds dream!



Our train conductor


Owen picked a Thomas umbrella as his souvenir. It was
a good purchase due to the 2 heavy down pours we were in!



One last look at Thomas before we head home


This was 2 minutes after we left the parking lot....tired boy :)

Jun 14, 2011

LaGrange Pet Parade
Last weekend while Jordan was up north with some of his high
school friends, Owen and I went to Batavia for the weekend.  We
went to the LaGrange Pet Parade with Papa and Aunt Melissa.
This year was the 65th pet parade.  My dad's side of the family
has been going since the 1st pet parade!  As a child, I loved going to see all 
the families dress up their pets and show them off.  It has turned
into quite a parade since I was there last.  Although the parade
was 3 hours long, we only lasted about 1 1/2 in the heat but 
we had fun!

Up close and personal with the firetrucks



To top it all off we were right next to 
the train tracks!  We must have seen 6 
trains while watching the parade.





Enjoying one of my favorites as a kid -
the seven 11 slurpee!


I don't know what it is about this picture, but
I see such a grown little boy here.....