Chirstmas Visit with the Grandkids Part I

My great friend Norma invited us to visit her at work during the Christmas season with the grandkids, Annie, Trey (in green) and Drew (in blue). Norma works at the Missouri Botanical Gardens www.mobot.org . Norma's job is to build special exhibits like this train show. And guess what??? The boys are seriously all about trains right now. They were mesmerized. They could have spent the whole day there, and some people do. The amount of detail was beyond belief. This years theme was "Westward Bound". Starting at the Arch in St. Louis of course, the 8 trains take you across the country traveling through Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, even Las Vegas and finally to Hollywood (circa 1960). As many live plants are utilized throughout. The arch was built by an engineer, then Norma covered it with Ginko and Fern leaves and painted it silver. I must add...I had a small part in the display as well. Norma needed help with some little billboards featuring "Burma Shave". So I put those together for her in Illustrator and emailed them for her to print and adhere to a sign. We sure had a great time! Thanks Norma!