Fun day with the family

Rob and I thought it would be fun to take the kids and ride the new light rail downtown. So saturday we headed off and caught the light rail at the beginning in mesa on dobson. It was fun when we first got there. Noone was on it since we were the first stop. Well I shouldn't say noone, but not a lot of people. But at each stop we starting getting more and more crowded. But we had our seats so it was no big deal.
We walked around downtown Phoenix with the kids. We were hoping to eat at Pizza Bianco but it didn't open until 5 so we ended up over at the phoenix center for lunch. We had a good time, but I don't think the kids enjoyed it as much as had hoped. Rob and I will definately do this for a date night again without the kids. Kyle wasn't able to go with us since he had to work and was supposed to be madly working on finishing his eagle scout paperwork so he can get it before he turns 18 which is soon.
The ride back was not as enjoyable. It was so crowded. I think the whole city had the same idea that we had and the dang cars were packed. I was so annoyed because people were physically pushing and pushing and I had little kids to look out for. I was like there is no more room to push get off the freakin car! So Kade ended up being face to face with 2 men that looked a little hard. But they were cool introducing themselves to him and shaking his hand. It turned out to be lucky because they got off after the first few stops and we were able to take their seats. Overall it was a fun day. The light rail is pretty cool....it goes pretty fast, just wish they didn't have to stop so much. I guess on the weekends they run the cars every 15-20 minutes intstead of the 10 or so during the week. I think they should have had them all running because it was so crowded. Everyone is trying out the new fun for the city. I will definately take the light rail again if I am going somewhere downtown. It is cheap, clean for now and fun to people watch!














To end the fun day with the family we were lucky and had Al and Josie come over to hang out with us. Patty was away for the weekend and so they came over to watch the game. Can I just tell you how much I love this little girl. It had been awhile since I had seen her so she was a little shy at first. I was really hurt when she would go to rob and not me. But of course she realized who loves her the most and finally came and let me love on her. She is so cute. She is a tiny thing but runs around like crazy. My kids loved to play with her and would end up arguing over her. I was happy to put my kids to bed and just be able to play with josie. She let me rock her and sing to her and kiss her. She is very ticklish and laughs and laughs...it is so cute. I wish I would have taken a picture of her mimicking Jesus. It is the cutest thing ever. So glad they came and made a perfect ending to our fun day!