Last week we took our first "family vacation" - where we got away just the four of us. We took an Amtrak train from Ft. Worth to Oklahoma City, stayed a day in downtown and then took the train back home. It was fun, and our kids were just the right age: Lila was old enough to sit and color. Wyatt was young enough he wasn't running around yet.
Waiting in the Fort Worth Amtrak station to board the train.
Lila enjoyed coloring. We discovered that the lady who worked in the snack car was named Lila! She was on duty for both of our rides and made a big deal out of Lila sharing her name. She even gave us her nametag as a souvenir!
Our train got in at 9 at night. The station was one block from our hotel, so we had a short walk. We barely missed the torrent of rain that came down a few minutes later... tornado sirens even went off! The next day was nice though. We let Lila watch a video on Ben's computer in the hotel while we were getting ready.
We walked a couple blocks to the Myriad Botannical Garden. It had some pretty fountains.
It also had a bridge that Lila was scared to cross - she stopped and covered her eyes!
Picture with Mom under some metal leaves.
In the afternoon, we came back to the hotel and swam in the pool.
Then that evening we walked a block in the other direction to Bricktown to eat supper... and found some more fountains to play in!
The train to go home left at 8:30 in the morning.
We brought Wyatt's car seat along in case he fell asleep, but he really enjoyed getting to sit with us. All in all, it was a great trip and just the right length (not sure we could do two nights in the hotel!) :)
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