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These are more pictures from Nebraska. We went the the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo one day. It was hot, but not terribly so. The zoo always wears me out, yet for some reason I keep taking my kids there. We went with my parents, and my sisters and their families. Good times, good times.

Grandpa in charge of the stroller


Silly Lorelei


Happy Annabelle (not taken at the zoo though)


Greg trying to keep track of Madalyn


Us (Annabelle was waiting out with Grandpa) in a big tree


Jacob and Lorelei, Jacob says he was pulling that face because he was embarrassed because he was getting wet. I'd be more embarrassed about that face.


With Uncle Victory - How many chances do you get to take a picture with
someone taller than a giraffe?


With Grandma in the aquarium - Watch out a shark might get you!

So much to share

We have been crazy busy. In the last month we have only been home a week. Which translates into lots of pictures and lots of fun things to share. We spent two weeks in Nebraska visting my family. I love Nebraska. I can leave for two years and come back and it feels like I've never left. I loved being there and my kids were excited for all of things we got to do. We got back from Nebraska and then a week later packed up to go to Bear Lake with my family for our family reunion. So much fun! Now we are finally home to stay for at least 3 weeks and I hope my kids find their routines again. We are on "detox". That's what my friend Lisa calls it anyway. We have to wean the baby off of being held constantly, my kids off of chocolate milk that was plentiful at Grandma's house, and the grown-ups have to start going to bed at a decent hour. Here are a few pictures of our adventures, I'll have to post them in seperate posts. If you don't hear from me for awhile it's because I am trying to find my house under all the suitcases and dirty clothes.

Children's Museum




Catching Fireflies

Diamond Hair

This is one of my favorite things to do. It takes some time initially but it stays in good for at least two days, and it's carseat friendly if you know what I mean. In these pictures I did one row too many, from the front it looks like she has a mullet. Technically this is called smocking, some people call it a net, we call it diamonds. You start with an odd number of ponies in the front and then divide them into two and combine them to make the beginning of your diamond and an even number of ponies. Split them again and combine them to make the bottom of your diamond then back to an odd number. I would stop there. You can add the clips if you want that was Lorelei's addition, we were feeling funky that day. You can leave the hair down or put into a messy bun, or whatever else you feel like. I get more comments on this hair do than any other one that I do.

Betrothed

For the last few months Lorelei's preschool group has been pairing off. While teaching one week I overheard this conversation:

Julie:"Wyatt and I are going to get married."
Wyatt: "Yep."
Dylan:"I am going to marry Brooklyn."
Lorelei: "Bradley, would you marry me?"
Bradley: "Nope, I am going to marry Claire (his older sister)."
Lorelei: "Then I have NO ONE to marry."

There are only five kids in their preschool group, Brooklyn was in with them last year and not many other kids around their age so Lorelei was devastated by this conversation. She would bring it up all the time and cry real tears that she didn't have anyone to marry. It broke her little heart not to be engaged like the rest of her friends. She even enlisted Jacob and Greg to help her find a mate. They both agreed to help, but apparently they aren't moving on it fast enough for her. She seems to think that if she hasn't gotten this taken care of before she turns five, there is no hope. One day while on their way home from a field trip, Lorelei tells Bradley that he can't marry Claire and that he has to marry her instead. Bradley says, "Just go up to someone on the street and ask them if they'll marry you." Lorelei indignantly responded, "That would be a stranger!" But apparently they've worked out their differences, for the other day while playing at the park, she asked him again and her persistence paid off. Bradley agreed to marry her, and they even held hands while they slid down the side by side slides. The following picture was taken today at their Moving On celebration, Bradley is the little boy second from the left. Isn't adolescence going to be fun?

Lost Things

Do you ever feel like a burgular came into your house and stole small items? They figured they would rob you of your sanity (I don't have much left anyway, certainly not enough for people to steal) instead of your TV. For instance, sometime in the last week someone must have broken in and stolen our orange peeler. It was here one day and gone the next, just gone. We've also lost Jacob's toy Eve from Wall-E, I have no idea where that went to. We have recovered a few lost items. But the orange peeler is driving me crazy. Where could it be? I really liked that orange peeler. Oh and a last winter Greg lost his winter gloves. They were in the laundry in the appropriate bin, and the next day completely gone, we searched everywhere. We finally gave up and bought him a new pair. What will disappear next I wonder?

I am one lucky girl!

Greg and I have been married for 10 years today! I can honestly say that I love Greg more today than I did 10 years ago and that's saying a lot because I was crazy in love back then. We have been through so many changes together and I think that's the only way I've been able to deal with the changes is because I had him with me. He is simply the best man I have ever met and he is perfect for me. Happy Anniversary Greg!
P.S. I wanted to put some pictures of our wedding day on here but we got married so long ago we were still using film back then and I don't have any scanned on my computer...bummer. That's a project for another day!

Family Pictures

So we had Annabelle blessed in Ririe last weekend and I thought it would be nice to get a family snapshot, my kids had other ideas. The sad thing is that these pictures pretty much sum up our life right now, which makes them even funnier. It's a good thing I didn't have to pay a photographer.






And one nice one of Greg and Annabelle