Saturday, January 29, 2011

Tempe Train Day

These days, it seems like we manage to be busy all the time.  I love having full days, but then again, sometimes it would be nice just to not have anything at all to do.  Even weekends in our house can be hectic.  It’s a different kind of hectic, like we need to really rush around just to make sure we’re done with breakfast by 11 or whatever, so that we can eventually have lunch and naps and fit the regular routine stuff into the day.  Somehow, even losing a couple extra hours to sleep in on Saturdays can make you feel behind the 8 ball for the rest of the day, even when you aren’t trying to accomplish anything.  So in the rare event that we can manage to steal a couple hours to burn as a family, one of our favorite ways to spend it is by taking the Lightrail train down to Mill Ave. and seeing what “city life” (Tempe, that is) has to offer our little brood.

We did this one of these January weekends, and we might have given up altogether on naps in the process, but it was worth it.  Breaks from the norm are most definitely an essential component to maintaining mental health… speaking for myself.

After disembarking the train, we went to Tempe Town Lake to pounce around, and then we ate lunch at Five Guys burger joint with Marci and Leah.  I am so grateful to have my sisters.  They are truly my best friends, and I don’t have a clue what I’d do without them. 

I used Lightroom on a couple of my photos this time, so the series doesn’t look uniform but I was just experimenting.  Which photos do you think look the best?DSC_4195DSC_4197 DSC_4208DSC_4210 DSC_4217DSC_4216DSC_4213 DSC_4237DSC_4226DSC_4222DSC_4224DSC_4229DSC_4241DSC_4250DSC_4267DSC_4275DSC_4234 DSC_4294DSC_4287DSC_4291DSC_4293DSC_4297DSC_4300 DSC_4301DSC_4302DSC_4306 DSC_4305 DSC_4307DSC_4312DSC_4299 DSC_4309DSC_4313DSC_4310 DSC_4315DSC_4357DSC_4317 DSC_4327DSC_4325DSC_4318DSC_4320DSC_4342DSC_4329DSC_4356

2 comments:

Vannessa said...

I really love your photos. I wish I lived near you so you could take some pics of my family. If ever you are in South Africa.......

Taylors said...

thank you! south africa-- wow, that would be a fun trip! one day...