Fort Worth Stockyards/Train Ride

On Friday April 10th, Leland' parents, myself and the boys took a train ride from Grapevine TX to Fort Worth TX. The train ride left at 1pm and we got to the Fort Worth Stockyards around 2:15pm. It was a very enjoyable and relaxing train ride. The boys loved looking out the window and seeing different things. We went over a couple lakes and Parker could see the turtles in the lake and thought that was neat. Shortly after the train took off Nathan fell asleep on my lap. The train ride happened to take place during his normal nap time, so it was ok for him to get some sleep.

We got to the Stockyards in Fort Worth and met Leland there since he works in Fort Worth now. Parker spotted the mechanical bull and wanted to ride it, so we went over to watch him. The guy that was running the mechanical bull said he would go very slow so he wouldn't fall off. After the first few minutes Parker said, " Faster mom, I want to go faster!" So the guy turned up the speed. He had the biggest smile on his face, it was absolutely priceless! He was so proud of himself that he didn't fall off and he wanted to ride it again, but at $5 a pop, we had to pass and move on to something else. We began walking down the streets looking at all the little shops and came across a cowboy with a longhorn. Parker wanted to sit on the longhorn, so we waited in line for his turn to sit on the longhorn. The guy told him to say, "Texas" while he was sitting on the longhorn. I thought for sure sitting up that high would have scared him, but nope, he was petting him and everything. Now if we could just get Parker to like dogs, then we could be set:) We went to a candy store and got some taffy and stopped at a restaurant to have a drink and snack.

I love the picture of Parker on the train tracks. He was fun watching him try to balance on the tracks with out falling over. We only had about 2 hours to spend at the Stockyards before it was time to get back on the train to head back to Grapevine. Leland's mom decided to stay back with Leland and drive back with him, so it was me, grandpa, and the boys on the train ride back. The boys were so wild on the way back, it was hard to keep their arms and head inside the train. After we made it back to Grapevine we all went out to eat at Golden Coral.