Today,we thank the Peterson's for their donation! Best...neighbors...ever!
We took a fun trip downtown today to the Alaska Railroad open house. Lisa and the girls picked me up at work and we rushed downtown...getting there only 30 minutes before it was supposed to be over. But we found half of Anchorage still there!! We saw that they were giving free rides on the train but we saw the line was over an hour and a half long...so we broke the news to the girls that it wasn't going to happen and instead toured another train.
Girls checking out the domed car.
I had not seen this car before. Very nice artwork.
Katy posing in front of the "giant wheels"
Stood in line to get into the engine. I have to admit that I was pretty excited. Always wondered what it was like up there. Felt like a kid myself as we stood in line.
Katy wanting so bad to ride on the train.
Beautiful ladies
Check out Alyssa in the engineers chair!! I was actually a little jealous.
So after a while of watching the line dwindle, we hopped at the end hoping to squeeze on the last ride (now already 30 minutes past when they said they would stop giving rides). The train slowly pulled away with still 50 or so people in line. Not to be disappointed, they announced that they would do ONE MORE RIDE!! Awesome!
While we waited for the last train of the day, there was a magician keeping the kids entertained
Practically had the entire car to ourselves.
The many faces of Katy...
Passing downtown
The train took us to Westchester Lagoon which was less than 10 minutes away...stopped and went back downtown. It was a very pretty place to turn around. Also noteworthy is this is where our March of Dimes walk starts every year!!
Alyssa reacting to hearing the train whistle
On the way back, the girls were acting just a little goofy
Back on track! Our great friends from the Dallas area, Kyle and Anne, donated today! Thank you Kyle, Anne, and family!!! They are true rockstars and we miss them. Oh how I wish we could live in the same place as all of our awesome friends.
Great day! The girls had a play date today. Lisa and the other moms agreed to get together every week...which is good for everybody. Equally awesome (okay maybe not), Lance Berkman made his debut for the 2010 Astros and didn't save the day or anything but the Astros won...and Lisa and I listened to the last 4 innings on the Ipod Touch. I am LOVING that app!!!
Dinner was spaghetti. I couldn't resist getting a couple pictures of the mess in progress. Here are the girls trying to whistle...which actually is them just screaming very high. After dinner, it was time to work on our throwing. No I'm not an obsessive dad that has to have athletic kids...I just like to play catch. Tonight, we taught the girls how to step forward with their opposite foot while they're throwing. Sorry lefties, these girls are definitely righties!! They have GREAT arms!! Look at that form!!!! I really like Katy's form too. Look at her thumb pointing down. PERFECT! What a natural! Funny video of course. I was going to set it up. You'll just have to watch it. And yes they call each other Lyssa, Katy Bug, and Der (short for sister).
Now for a little game. Here is a picture of a fish. If you can tell me the fish's name, we will donate $20! :) We're up to $1640!! But still a long way to go. Keep those donations coming!
