A Night Out

One night in June, Doug and I at the last minute decided we really wanted to go out to dinner. We couldn't find a sitter, so we took the boys with us. It ended up being a really fun night. We went to Cantina Laredo at Midtown for dinner. We sat outside on the patio and the weather was perfect.

                               Then we headed downtown to Gene Leahy Park to walk around.

 Finally, we hit Mutual of Omaha on the way home to see the swimmer's head and watch the swim trials night video on the side of the building. 

Summer Happenings

As I was going through some summer photos, I realized there was quite a bit I hadn't included in my summer posts.

In late June, we visited Lincoln with my friend Ruth and her kids. We took the kids to the Lincoln Children's Museum, Mueller Planetarium and Morrill Hall. We had a really good time. We stopped at Noodles and Co for lunch and walked on UNL's campus throughout the day.
One of the things the kids liked the most was wading in the fountain outside the student union at UNL...even though there was clearly a sign that said "No wading, No swimming!" Oh well.

Another fun thing we did with Ruth and her kids was to go down to Linder Lakes in Louisville one day to go swimming. We had a great time using the paddleboats and swimming. Did I mention the boys love swimming in lakes?

July 2012

I'm not sure where the summer has gone or what we have even done! Last summer we did so much and this summer not as much. We took a little trip to Kansas City at the beginning of the month. We stayed at Crown Center and visited Sea Life, Lego Land, Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun. This was a vacation for the boys, not for Doug and me. It is safe to say that I finished the vacation needing a vacation and yearning to go somewhere relaxing and more for me. Ask Doug. I spent the weeks following researching our next trip and it will be somewhere GOOD!

 Lego Land was a little bit of a disappointment. The boys were in a hurry to get through it, because we had promised them a Lego set at the end. They wanted to rush and get to the gift store to pick theirs out. And then they wanted to quickly return to the hotel to put them together.

One of the restaurants we visited at Crown Center was Fritz's. Friends had told me about this place, that the food wasn't the best, but go and see the trains. The boys LOVED it. They thought it was so awesome that little trains delivered the food that we had ordered by phone. And yes, the food wasn't the best, but we had fun!

The next day we went to Sea Life. We liked Sea Life a little better than Lego Land, but our zoo has a pretty great aquarium that is hard to beat. So it wasn't super exciting. The boys enjoyed answering the quiz questions throughout the aquarium.

The next couple of days we visited Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun. The weather was nearing 100 degrees the day we went to WOF, so we opted to visit during "twilight hours." That meant we were there from 5pm until close. And let me tell you, we stayed until the very end. It was perfect, though. No one was there. We didn't have to wait for anything. Jack, our non walker, still complained of being hot and not wanting to walk, but Charlie loved it. He has no fear when it comes to rides. He rode on anything and everything. He even went on the Mamba at 9:15 pm in the dark by himself, which, for the record, did not make me happy. I don't do roller coasters, though, and Doug, in his old age, gets sick from them. So....that leaves Charlie. Jack did go on the Boomerang at the start. He then was reminded that he isn't a big fan. Charlie would go on a scary ride and then when it was over he would say, "that's it?" No big deal. 

We drove home from Kansas City on the July 3rd, ran home, unpacked and then drove out to Glenwood to celebrate the 4th with family. The boys love the lake. They love swimming out there and hanging out with everyone. Most of all, they FREAKING LOVE fireworks. 

Some random photos:

Fritz's

Swimming at Jen's

View from my Sunday morning run at the Wabash. An awesome 7 miles! 

My BFF. I love her so much. 

Our new beach bag...It's huge! 

June 2012

Summer is flying by! How do I make it stop or at least slow down? The beginning of June seemed like an eternity ago. Now it's July and summer is half over. Sad.
I somehow didn't seem to take a lot of photos in June. Not sure why. We did a lot of things around town. We've been to the Lifetime pool a lot. The boys love it. We've also been to the lake a few times and the boys love that even more. They love swimming around the lake in their life jackets. They could do it for hours.

Father's Day was in mid June. This is the first time in four years we did not go to Great Wolf Lodge on Father's Day. We decided it was time for a break. Instead we spent Father's Day at the lake with family. It was a great day. We grilled out, had good food and lots of swimming. The boys were excited to have picked out a movie gift certificate for Doug and Hawkeye and Steelers mugs. We also made Doug an iMovie with photos and videos of him and the boys going back to when they were born. It was my first iMovie and I loved the end product. I think Doug enjoyed it too.We got to attend the Olympic Swim Trials this month. Doug's coworker does a lot of work at the event, so she got us some great seats. We were in the second row right at the starting line. I am not sure how much the boys enjoyed the trials, but I really did. It was exciting to see the big names and see them compete.

Charlie also turned 8 1/2 this month. I can't believe he's so big. He asked to have the M&M and Kit Kat cake like Jack had for his birthday, so I obliged and we made a big cake.