Our 6th Wedding Anniversary

Last Sunday we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. If you would've asked me 6 years ago what we'd be doing that day I would've never have dreamt it! We went to Omaha to see my sister, brother in-law, and my adorable nephew on Saturday and returned home on Sunday. Saturday was a lot of fun, and Sunday was too....it's just the end (which you'll have to wait a little while until you get to hear about...so by then it won't sound bad at all) of the day that I'd have to say was what I wouldn't have dreamt and was not very romantic...but hey we had fun and that's what counts, right?

Saturday morning Denver must have remembered we had told him we were going to go see his Cousin Jacob and go to the zoo as he was up bright and early and ready to go bye-bye. He even sat in the car waiting for us to finish packing everything up! When we got to Omaha we stopped at my sister's to drop some stuff up, ran to check in to our hotel, and then we went to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo. Denver of course enjoyed the zoo. I think he favorite part was probably the fish and when we stopped to take a little break and he ran after a squirrel that was especially tame as it wanted food from people. There were many times Denver about grabbed his tail! It was pretty funny to watch him go after the poor little squirrel.

I love this picture because it looks like Makenna is trying to check everything out too!

Denver always wanted up or to stand up so he could see things really well!

"Wow, cool Dad!"

"Look!"

Daddy and Denver

Makenna loves sitting in the actual stroller instead of her car seat snapped into the stroller.

Denver loves looking at fish. All the fishing Daddy's been trying to do this summer has really intrigued Denver.

There was some sort of monkeys out in the middle of the water where all the fish were that Denver liked watching. You can see lots of fish in the water in this picture too, but the majority of the fish were in crowded schools right by the bridge where people would throw in food to feed them.

All 3 kids fell asleep!

Sorry it keeps flipping this picture so turn your head to see it right. :)

and...Jacob sound asleep!

Daddy and Makenna

Family Picture

After the zoo we went back to the hotel to relax for a little bit and then the Kliewer's came over to have pizza and go swimming in the evening. Sunday we spent some more time at the water park and had lunch at the Kliewer's. My sister found Denver a dresser for his bedroom! We had been looking for one since before Makenna was born as she stole all of his bedroom furniture, so we then had to attempt to pack up the vehicle. This would've been fine had we brought the pickup like we had originally planned, but it was raining when we left home on Saturday so we took the Endeavor instead thinking we'd still be able to get the dresser in. Well...after lots of moving things around we got everything in. The dresser had to be tipped into the back end and the headrests had to be off. The car seats had to be switched around and the double stroller ended up in my seat and the bags were stuffed on the sides of the dresser and below the kids' feet. Where did I sit? Yes, I sat between my 2 babies. This wouldn't be so bad, BUT their car seats are so wide they don't leave much room to sit. I had to wiggle my hips past the car seats and then I fit fine....but then my back would go into the car seats so I had to sit slanted and of course Makenna was sleeping when we got to Sioux City so we decided to skip our stop to give me a break and to get some food as she had cried the first 40 minutes or so. There also isn't much leg room in the middle back there so I was kind of cramped in every possible way. Oh well....we made it home and got everything home with us (minus a cooler that Kim and Jeff are going to bring when they come for Life Light) AND Denver has a dresser! No more hanging the majority of his clothes up! Thanks so much Aunt Kim!

Makenna's first time really swimming. My camera did not like going from the cold air conditioned hotel to the hot indoor water park, but since it's a first I had to include it!

The next day "swimming" when I gave my camera time to adjust to the temperature change.

Denver loved going down the slides. This slide had a pool of water on the end of the slide and would make the water splash up. He loved it.

Makenna and Daddy

Makenna's first time down a slide!

Jacob loved the water too!

"This is so much fun Mom!"

Denver loved going down this blue slide too. It was really fast and he couldn't get his footing back once he landed so we had to be there to help him, but he was still fearless!

It was too fast we couldn't catch Denver sliding so here's his big splash.

"One more time, Dad!" (One more is a common phrase Denver says these days! He has quite a few 3 word sentences that he says as well.)

Cousin Jacob and Aunt Kim enjoying the lazy river

"Boy was I thirsty"

We had a little snack before we took off for home. Cheesy french fries...yum!

Denver's dresser!

Denver's room actually feels like a bedroom now...not just a room with a bed in it!

After we unloaded the vehicle and put the kids to bed we watched a movie and went to bed ourselves as we were shot! Happy Anniversary Evan! I love you!