Spontaneous

Us Truman's, we are planners, we like to know what is happening. You ask us what we are doing this week and we can tell you in detail, probably to the minute. Sometimes though, we get a little crazy and we do something spontaneous! Ok, so I might be stretching this a bit, but with no more school for Paul and the kids till the new year and me feeling soooooo much better, we are excited to have some fun!

It started yesterday after church. There was no rain and the ideas started flowing. We decided to head downtown, hit the aquarium for a bit and then do some last minute shopping downtown. On the way we thought, hey, Bright Nights is right there, lets check it out and see if we can get some tickets. The only tickets we could get were for 8:30-9pm... it was only 2:30! So, we got all crazy and bought the tickets and spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying the sun, eating, shopping and being spontaneous. It was such a great warm day, the type of days that I envied when we were trapped inside because of the -20 temps and feet and feet of snow! It was the perfect day to take in the train, good thing too because we didn't bring hats or anything to keep us warm, we were being spontaneous!

We made some fun memories last night. We got to thinking of the last time we had done the train. We couldn't quite remember who was with us but I remembered Beaner being only 2 months old. Sure enough, I found pictures of the last time we went. Beaner wrapped probably WAY too warmly (we were wimpy Coasters then, not hardened by winter life in the mountains!) My dad and mom came and even my grandparents! I have always had memories of my grandparents holding hands, very sweet, so glad that I have it frozen in time!

There is no longer a petting zoo there now, Santa is there getting pictures taken. I miss the petting zoo.

Me and my girl's on the train. I don't know how many were running last night, we thought 2 but later thought 4. I was so thankful this time that we got a train with padded seats! I don't think I could have done the wooden one. Actually, not sure how I did it that time either, just had a baby that broke my tailbone. I'm tuff.

It is fun creating new Christmas memories for our family. One that involves green grass, the ocean, fog and lots of time with our extend family. It is going to be a great Christmas!