Wonderful Weekends

We have had some really great weekends since the 4th of July. On the Saturday following the 4th we came home from the lake early so Grandma and Grandpa could see Jack. We went out to eat in Kearney and then went to the park to play. We played at the park that was our extended backyard when we lived there. It really made us miss our house in Kearney even more. We even walked to the alley to pretend that we still lived there.


Grandma and Grandpa hadn't really seen Jack play at the park yet, so that was a lot of fun. Grandma even took Jack down the slides a couple of times, but that footage is stuck in my video camera, so I'll have to publish it later.

We had a nice uneventful week following the 4th. Nothing too special happened, we just chased Jack around and had lots of fun!

The next Friday I had a fun night with my law school friends. We haven't all been together since finals because Heather is working in Ord this summer. Saturday Jessi and Ryan stayed at our house after a wedding, so Sunday morning we were able to hang out for a while.

Jack dressed in camo so he could be just like Aunt Jessi.

Jack and I were kinda tired but we figured out that we were getting colds. Sunday evening before we were sick we had Steph, Scott, Brandon, and Brandon's roommate Alex over for supper. Brandon started college Monday so he had a few things to pick up the night before. We are really excited that he will be so close!!

As I said, Jack and I had really bad colds that week. We were home from work and school until Thursday. He has been really busy at school this month (when he has been there), here are a few fun pictures that his teacher has sent to me.

I like to assume that he is raising his hand to answer a question because he is the smartest kid in his class...but, I think he's just trying to catch a bubble.

That Friday night we had more fun!!! We went to the Pinewood Bowl. That is the outdoor amphitheater at Pioneers Park. They were doing my favorite musical "The Music Man".

We sat toward the back so we would have lots of room to roam. We took a picnic and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Jack really enjoyed playing with grass.



Here is a video of him "discovering" grass.
It was a great place for us because Jack didn't crawl away too far, and he'd just lay down and rest when he needed to. We had a wonderful time and wish they did shows every month.

Saturday was another fun day. Drew and Coy came to Lincoln and we took the boys to the zoo. It is a really fun zoo, not too big, but not too small. Jack seemed to enjoy riding around, but I'm only sure that he saw the bigger animals. He looked in the right direction at the smaller ones, but didn't get too excited.

Coy had a great time. He was able to pet the goats,

feed a camel,
(I promise there was a camel)


feed a butterfly...and try to crush them too,



and he fed a "Paper Eating Lion". He was amazed at the fact that this lion could suck up any paper he threw at it.

The boys rode a bronze turtle and Coy practiced his big brother skills with Jack.

"Riding" the turtle was a highlight of Jack's trip to the zoo.

He was pooped by the time we got to the car though.