Cal State Train Museum

Richard's parents and his younger siblings stayed the night on Christmas day. The day after Christmas, Richard and his dad headed off to Home Depot and the rest of us went shopping. Richard and his dad spent the rest of the day doing projects around the house. His dad and Richard's siblings left that night and his mother stayed another night. It was nice to have the extra help :0 ) On Saturday we went to the California State Train Museum in Sacramento which is only about 45 minutes away.

 Steven got a ton of trains for Christmas (and his birthday this past year) so he was very excited. The whole way there he kept saying "I'm cited, I'm cited(I'm excited)." He fittingly watched Thomas on the trip there and back. None of us had been to the museum in a while so it was really cool to see it again. Steven had a blast walking through all the trains and spent quite a while upstairs playing with the huge Thomas train set(s) that they have. I was amazed by how lavish the accommodations were on those trains. Most of them were nicer than any house I've ever been in. The craftsmanship was simply astounding! You just don't see that kind of quality anymore; they reminded me of old victorian houses. We got to the museum just before it opened and spent about 2 hours inside. We left just as it was getting extremely busy. After, we stopped by the gift shop to pick up yet another toy train and a train pin for Steven. Then we took a walk in Old Sacramento and picked a place for lunch. It was a very nice day out which only added to the enjoyment. There were horse-drawn carriages going up and down the street too. It was awesome to see Steven enjoying an experience that we both had as children.