Depot Days

Every year the Train Depot has a big event Memorial weekend called "Depot Days". Sebastien's love for trains has become a big family activity so we decided to go. It was a rainy, cold weekend but we wanted to check it out anyway. Saturday morning they had a breakfast, train rides and a train museum. We got up early and headed out.


The boys and I are enjoying the biscuits and gravy, watermelon and orange juice at Depot Days. I am not the biggest fan of biscuits and gravy but I will admit, it was yummy!

The train rides were cancelled due to the weather but when we walked inside the depot, this is what we saw....
They had train tracks up all over and the electric trains going. Sebastien was in HEAVEN! He stood there for about 10 minutes watching the trains go by. I even got him to turn around for a split second to take a picture.
Troy was as thrilled as Sebastien and walked around all the different booths looking at trains people were selling. They ranged from $3 to $350...
While Troy looked around, I parked the stroller against the wall and the boys just sat there and watched the trains go by. They were so cute!

Next was the museum...they had a lot of cool pictures to look at and also the history of Cheyenne.
This was one of the sections in the museum, I thought it was the perfect spot to take a picture.

They had a small play area for the kids in the museum. Manti liked sitting in the Thomas Train but was really sad when other kids wanted to sit in it and he had to get out.
No surprise here, Sebastien liked playing with the train table. I am still trying to decide if this is really a good thing to have in the museum. Every kid wanted to play with it at the same time and all it did was cause fights and crying...what do you think?

We were also very lucky to be able to tour the repair shop. We got to see the largest operating steam engine! It was in for minor repairs, we loved it! It was HUGE!
Troy and the boys stopped for a second for a quick picture.
Sebastien and Troy got to tour the inside of the steam engine. Sebastien even got to sit in the conductor's seat! He is all smiles...could this day get any better??
While the big boys were touring the trains, Manti and I stood in the shop looking at this...
This was Manti's favorite thing! Sebastien loved all the trains and Manti loved the GIANT ceiling fan. After 4 and a half hours looking at trains we called it quits and headed home for nap time! Sebastien was sad to leave but was so exhausted from all the fun he fell asleep as soon as we got in the car. I think this will be our Memorial weekend tradition as long as we live in Cheyenne.

OH......HAIL!!

This post is late but I still wanted to share it...Troy and I went out to dinner and a movie, kid free, with some friends about a month ago. It was a perfect, sunny day when we went to dinner. An hour or so later when we went to the movie, dark clouds came blowing in very FAST! The movie theater we went to was in downtown Cheyenne. Parking is always a challenge and we had to drive around for a few minutes. Troy tried to drop me off but I was stubborn and said I would just wait and walk with him. As we continued looking for a place to park, it started to rain. I thought to myself "No big deal. We will just walk fast." We ended up about three blocks away from the theater and right as we were getting out of the car it started to HAIL! We had to RUN, and FAST! Of course I was wearing 4 inch shoes and forgot a belt that night so there I was trying to run (trying so hard not to fall) and we got stuck waiting at every crosswalk! There was nothing we could do but laugh. By the time we got to the movie theatre, we were both SOAKED!! I had to go into the bathroom and get a paper towel to ring out my hair while Troy found seats. We sat in a very humid theatre for the next 2 hours and never dried off. Troy said to me, "I bet the next time I say I will drop you off, you will actually get out of the car." He is RIGHT!