George rides a choo-choo

For any of you who know George, you'll know what a big deal his first train ride was!

Thursday afternoon I dropped Kevin and the big kids off downtown to ride the train to Leavenworth. George was beyond excited, and Abigail, being the greatly supportive big sis that she is, was equally thrilled for him.

According to Kevin, the kids were excited and occupied until Edmonds (that's about 45 minutes into a 4 hour ride) but the dinner car (with a meal of bread, lots of butter, mac and cheese, and ice cream - ha!) stretched the entertainment a bit longer.

My Dad and I picked then up at 8pm and were greeted with huge hugs and smiles! But we were waiting at the wrong door, so I didn't get a picture of my boy getting off his first train ride.

Oh well. Here are some cute pictures from Kevin!

Waiting to board

Seats picked!

Looking out at the Puget Sound

Riding in the back of Gpa's truck with seatbelts on. Safety first ;)

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