The Train Show in Ogden and life

on top of one of the train cars. abby stayed in her stroller for this part. well actually, about every part of the train show experience except riding the frontrunner train. she was a good sport about it though.
and i love this one. so sweet. she made it!
learning to walk!
so typical of a new walker here...i love this shot. i love jens face in the background too.

as you can see andrew is crying here, he wanted to just play all by himself up on TOP of the train. yah nice try buddy, but mom is going to hold ON to you the WHOLE time.




one of the displays at the train show.

they had a little train for kids to ride in for 50 cents. they had fun.

this was as the trax train was coming in. sorry the pics are all out of order.
above, riding trax train, below riding frontrunner.


all aboard! frontrunner...who knew a commute could be so fun?
me and my girl. who turns ONE on FRIDAY! woa woa woa!


waiting for the Trax train.
andrew, katie, karlee, kortney
heidi and jen waiting for Trax
jen and andrew outside the train show
riding Frontrunner, the train that goes up to ogden. we took Trax to the Frontrunner, so we rode 2 trains, which andrew LOVED.
andrew wanted to take a picture, and this is what we got. i actually like it a lot though. i think he did a great job here....
dan watching andrew and abby. what a cute little daddy he is.
this is another one andrew took of us... he loves trying to take pictures.
riding frontrunner
abby is REALLY starting to walk. she's taken 11 steps. she walks a couple steps to switch toys a LOT, and she finds her push toys a lot to walk around the house with. she loves following andrew push his red car. its cute, they go back and forth, from the kids room to the kitchen, living room, turn around and just loop around over and over.
so this past saturday we went to a train show in ogden. as i am writing this abby is on my lap and andrew is right behind me. i am pretty mad right now. abby was asleep, i was getting some blogging done, and actually editing pictures, which lately i haven't had much time to do, but when Little Einsteins was over, andrew wanted another show. well its past 10 am and he's watched several shows today, so i said no, he has cars and lots of toys to play with in the living room. so he threw a little screaming fit and woke up abby. UGH. i don't know if anything frustrates me more than that sort of thing. abby woke up pretty grumpy, because she was woken up, and now my time is up here. so i'll try to load some pics on, but sorry not much journaling today because i'm just out of time and now i'm pretty frustrated anyways...ok so i will add just a bit more. today mary is heading to St George to find a place for their reception. this weekend at the the train show, which makes 2 train shows i've been to now, i can honestly say there is a type for this sort of shows. they are all "trainies" as i have termed them. old men and junkie people who probably used to work for the rail road (my dad used to work for the railroad before he became a doctor, and when i was describing all the junkie stinky ppl at the train show he nailed it when he reminded me they are all probably former workers there...) so anyways, that was interesting. andrew loved it. and we got to climb on one of the trains outside, and it was a fun little outing jen planned for us. thanks jen for finding stuff like this and inviting us!