Our date to Downtown Sacramento

As most of you know who have young children, it's really hard to find time to go on dates as a married couple. So, our New Year's resolution for this year is to go on two date nights a month. Some of you are saying, "WOW, how do you find time for that?" Well...we make time. It is so important for a healthy marriage to be able to spend that quality time together without constantly being interrupted by the kiddos. So, we decided to head to downtown Sacramento and eat lunch at a Cafe, go the the Capitol, and experience for the first time the light rail. The light rail was definitely an "INTERESTING" experience. It was not the romantic train rides of Germany where everybody in the area rides the train. We saw lot's of people who were intoxicated, clothes with holes in them, using foul language, etc. Well, maybe we will use our car next time. :)
The food at the Cafe was amazing. I had a turkey burger, and of course the meat came from a local butcher, the salad was all home-grown out of their garden in the back, etc.
Then we headed over to the Capitol. I had never been on a tour, and we thought we would check it out. It was all very interesting.
At the Capitol they have every tree that is native to California represented. Here are some orange trees bearing their fruit.

A statue in the Capitol building.
Here's Travis in front of Governor Schwarzenegger's office.
We had a great date and we are so blessed to have wonderful friends to watch our kids twice a month. :)