Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Choo! Choo! Riding the Skunk Train!

A highlight of our visit with the Birds - Riding the Skunk
Train through the Redwoods! We all enjoyed it!

The children also rode the chair lift with Great Grandpa and
Grandma! An extra treat!

If you think there are a lot of pictures of Nathan on this post, there are!
Nathan really enjoyed this part of the trip. He was all smiles the whole time!

I think he had his head out the window the whole time,
with Daddy's hand on his ankle (to Grandma's relief).


Aunt Lydia and Ruthanne enjoying the cool breeze!

Aunt Pat and Hannah having fun on the bumpy ride!

Great Grandpa and Grandma had a busy week with all their children,
grandchildren, and great grandchildren around!


Watch out! Here I come!

We could ride on the back of the train and see the tracks
whizzing past us!



Here is our view!

Mommy removed her glasses so they didn't get lost on the tracks!

Here is our train conductor! Too bad
Nathan grew out of his matching overalls!

Aletheia's first train ride - she slept the
whole time! The rocking train put her to sleep!

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Hannah took her afternoon nap in Mama
Bird's lap - no need for a rocking chair.

Daddy and Nathan had lots of adventure!


The train car was the size of the bus and had
seats like a bus! We opened the windows and
took lots of pictures!

Nathan even got to pull the whistle!








All aboard! Good bye for now!

Visiting the California Birds ;>)

Here is a great picture of the Bird family!

Hannah and Aunt Pat get acquainted!


Great Grandma latches on to baby Aletheia!
She LOVES babies and never tired of holding
them the whole time!

Great Grandpa and Uncle Larry!

Nathan (silly), Ruthanne, and Bapa Bird

Ruthanne and Aunt Lydia being silly!

Mama Bird and Aletheia getting acquainted too!

Hannah in her pajamas in our nice condo!

Great Grandpa was a pro at holding babies! Over 80 years 
of experience. He's only 94!

We captured a sweet video of him singing to her!

Dinner time!

Three generations! Hannah, Lydia, and Great Grandma Bird!

Going for a ride to the dining hall! Time to eat!

Waiting for the rest of the crew!


We played bocce ball up in Yountville. What fun!
Great Grandpa and Grandma did better than all of us!

Little ones in training! They were great at fetching
the balls for us!

Well some were a little heavy to carry!  



Catching sun at the park!

Aunt Lydia caught in a big web! Do spiders eat Birds?

My children are getting adventuresome!

This was a fun swing! More Nathan's style! It matches
his green shirt!

See saw! They get fancier and fancier. Not the same as the ones
Daddy and Mommy played with!

Maybe spiders catch Sondergaards too!

Trying the monkey bars!

Just had to capture another sweet picture of
Great Grandpa and Aletheia!

Thank you everyone for the special time!