Let me ‘splain…no, there is too much. Let me sum up.
July 15th, 2010
July 1: Our early-morning flight to Omaha allowed us to see a lovely sunrise at Dulles.
July 2: Aurora approved of the plate I painted for her; cousins chilling together.
Photo taken by Joe Sands
July 3: Painting pottery (and drinking Starbucks, and talking nonstop) with Kassie and Katrina has become a tradition when we’re all in Omaha at the same time, long may it continue.
July 4: Happy Independence Day! Grandma Carol & Annalie; sparklers galore.
July 5: Annalie and Grandma Val laughing; Old Man Annalie; Aurora making a face at the water we were giving her from the end of a straw, even though she apparently liked it.
July 7: Annalie monkeying around, Aurora watching and wondering how much longer till she can monkey around with her.
July 8: We took Angie out to lunch and introduced her to pottery-painting as an early birthday present, and did some handprints with Aurora and Annalie.
July 9: Lunch with Rachel; an impromptu visit with T and her kids.
July 10: A triple-the-fun birthday party for Zach, Josh and Alex; playing at the sprayground.
July 11: Lunch at Godfather’s with the Kay family (including Mike, who took the group photo); Krista cleverly disguised with a gumball-machine mustache.
July 12: Annalie hanging out with the mariachi band at the Mexican restaurant where we met Nancy and Ben, Angie & Aurora for lunch; shooting off some leftover fireworks at Ed & Leslie’s farm.
July 13: Katrina and I got pedicures and then went to dinner at an unexpectly busy Olive Garden all by ourselves and it was awesome. I think a new tradition has been born.
July 14: Starbucks for the moms, Slip’N'Slide for the kids—perfect on a day when the high temperature was near 100F and humidity was 91%.
July 15: We’re heading home.
I hope to write more detailed posts about our time in Omaha eventually, but for now you can enjoy many photos in my Flickr photoset Omaha July 2010.
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Squeeeee for fun travels, fantastic family, gorgeous friends, and summertime! ♥ Safe travels home, my dear! Let us know when you guys are safely on the ground.
You’re making some wonderful memories for Annalie to look back through when she’s older. The wonder of digital photography – just click, click, click!
Great photos once again! I love the photos of Aurora and Annalie and also the slip-n-slide photos. I want a Sprayground near me! It looks like tons of fun.
Visiting family/friends is the best! I can’t wait for you guys to come out here!
Awesome post!! It was so great to see you guys and can’t wait to do it again sometime!! Love our new traditions that we are starting! :)
I applaud your photo-wrangling skills. I take too many and then can’t handle the mess!
Beautiful as always.
I also applaud your Princess Bride reference.
Oh, and I love the picture of Aurora with the straw. G did the same thing when we first gave her yoghurt. She kept going back for more, but we just about fell over laughing at the faces she made with each bite.
Fun, fun, fun!
I LOVE that first photo. :)
That sunrise photo is really lovely. And you got great shots of the slip and slide. I love how you froze the water splashing towards you.
Looks like an AMAZING trip!!
I’ve never heard of the word “sprayground” – we usually call it a “splash park”. I think I like sprayground better though.
What a great summary of your trip. I love your newly painted toes and the many cups of Starbucks. Hope you are feeling well and are settled into being at home again.
I want in on this whole pedicure thing next time, ladies!
[...] But you know how life goes. First, we were busy unpacking and settling in. Then, Carrie and her husband Mike had a baby girl, Elsa, and were deep in the newborn stage of just trying to keep their heads above water with no extra time for playdates. Then Annalie and I went to Omaha for a visit. Then it was Annalie’s birthday, and my mom was in town for a few weeks. And of course by then I was dealing with first-trimester exhaustion all the time, and then we went on another trip to Omaha. [...]