Trains and Pumpkins

Yesterday was a special day that both Tanner and I will never forget. I was able to go with his school class to Horseshoe Bend and ride the Thunder

Mountain Train Express to a Pumpkin Patch. Thanks to Grammy and Grandad's help with Ryan for the day, Tanner was so excited to have me alone, which is something that doesn't happen often when you have 3 other brothers. We had a blast riding the train over bridges and through the hills on a sunny, warm fall day. On the way back we even rode outside the whole time and Tanner had fun with his buddies looking over the edge at the tracks. We got to pick out a pumpkin (of course Tanner picked a huge one and guess who got to carry it all day) and eat lunch at a park back in Horseshoe Bend.

It is days like these that make life magical. First graders smiling, laughing and walking up and down the train eating popcorn and licorice. Parents sitting close and spending time with their child, sacrificing whatever else they could have been doing on a Friday in order to relax while staring outside as the train moves, just knowing that being there was worth it. Sometimes it just takes that little 1st grader's face begging you to say, "Yes, I can come on your field trip" in order to stop everything else for a day and make a memory.