GREAT DAY ON FRIDAY!!!

well, today, we had a very EVENTFUL time! we actually did some SIGHT SEEING!! my mil wanted to go back thru to FT LEVINGSWORTH and see some VERY old VICTORIAN houses that were out there! so we drove that way and just enjoyed the country scenes...we drove around there and just had a great time!!

then at 5Pm we had the HIGHLIGHT of our day! we actually drove over to BELTON, MO to ride on the BELTON, GRANDVIEW, & KANSAS CITY RAILROAD, CO!! we actually got on this train and drove about 3 or 5 miles out and then back. so the total trip was about 30-40 mins and it was the ICE CREAM trip so they also served ICE CREAM durning the trip!! it was sooooo much fun and alex had STARS in his eyes!! he is all about TRAINS!! never guess what his theme will be this year for his birthday!! THOMAS THE TRAIN!!!


anyway, we went with AUNT KAY, UNCLE JR, their 3 grandchildren, MY MIL, JAMES AND THE 2 KIDS!! fun!!! we were goint to go out for dinner but we had to go back home because matthew needed his meds!!! :( but it was a GREAT WAY to end the day!



AND AND AND.....james and i had a DATE NIGHT!! yep, we took the plunge and left the boys with grandma and we went to THE CASINO!!! yep, we gambled! it was soooooo awesome to be there!! we got there about 11 pm or so and come home by 1 am! you DEFINETLY lose track of time out there!!! we were worried about the boys but they did SOOOOOOOOO WELL!! and grandma is such a BRAVE woman to be taking care of matthew after such a scare not but a couple of days ago! and no, we didn't win anything! we each took only $50 each and both of us came out with only about $20.00...it was fun but i kept losing (we only do the nickle and penny slot machines! y ep, cheap!!) but we had FUN! JAMES was on a winning streak but kept losing after a bit! oh well! THANK GOD we don't have casinos in texas!! :) or at least not nearby!