Omaha!

Thursday, I took BJ to work so that I when he got off at 4pm we could continue driving up to see Emily's family in Omaha for the weekend. BJ grabbed his idea of "dinner" when we needed gas and we got some McDonald's when we needed to stop for a potty break. 

The kiddos did an awesome job and the car ride was really quiet without Rose. We rolled into Omaha about 9pm and stayed up talking and playing till past midnight. So the next day my niece Lindsay was really tired, this is how she crashed at 4pm, standing up!

The boys took advantage of a fair that was in town: 

The guy running the ride was hilarious and told them over and over to "hold down the pedal and turn the wheel!" "See where you're at? If you don't hold down the pedal, that's where you will stay!" 

You can hear Emily, Gamma and I reminding them...because for some reason it was still really hard to remember;)

It was a great beginning to my nephew, Frank's Birthday. Above is Jack, Ray, Sam, and Frank. Below are all the kids that came to Frank's awesome Agent Themed Bday Party. 

Ray defusing a bomb with a water gun:

Frank blowing out the candles on his cake:

Cheers! (7up with cherries):

Katie watching makeup videos with Lindsay:

Katie cheering everyone making cat shelves with Josh for his Eagle Scout Project. This is before a lot of great people got there to help. They made just under 100 in a little over an hour! It was amazing and Josh did a great job of directing and keeping everything organized, I can't believe how grown up he is! 

It was hard to say goodbye...

On the way home, Katie made a "woof for her room" out of pipe cleaners Aunt Em gave them. Ray was nice enough to let Katie use most of them, and ran out so he had to finish his at home. 

Katie took this picture of the lake we drove over on the way home: