Nebraska 2011

Last week we went to Nebraska to visit Dan's dad and step mom and the rest of the family. It went by way to fast, but we enjoyed the time that we had with everyone. We did many things while we were there, we went to the children's museum, the zoo, the pumpkin patch and visited with lots and lots of family. We decided to fly this year instead of drive like last year. We found some really decent prices on airfare, so we decided to jump on it. Flying allowed us to spend more time with the family and less time traveling. We were a little nervous about the way Joshua would take to the plane. Even though this would be Joshua's 3rd trip to Nebraska on a plane, we knew the previous two he was too young to really get what was going on, but this time he was old enough. We talked to him about the plane all week and when we got to the airport he was doing pretty well. We tried to make things fun like, we told him that he was to walk through the magic door to get to the other side, which was security. When it was time to board the plane, we told him that we would have to walk thru a magic tunnel to get to the plane, it seemed to work! Joshua had no problems on the flights coming or going, in fact he sat by the window on every flight and loved when we took off and when we landed! Thank goodness! It isn't that we thought Joshua would be bad, he just doesn't like change and gets very nervous of the unknown, so I was for sure this would make him a little upset, but I was wrong! He loved it and was probably one of the highlights of the trip for him. We had so much fun seeing everyone! I have a ton of pictures posted below, so I want make you wait any longer.

On the plane! He really would get so excited when we would take off! He would say,"Here we gooo!"

I had to thrown in this picture from when we took our first trip to Nebraska when Joshua was 7 mos old. We took the exact same picture this time around as well, only Joshua is almost 4 years old. Look below



Amazing!!! We will have to remember to do this each time we go back!

Our plane got delayed on the way home, so we didn't get in until really late. Joshua decided it was time for bed, so he put his blanket over his face to block the light! lol

Joshua in the pumpkin patch!

This picture was taken with my phone! I love this one!

We also got to ride the train while we were at the pumpkin patch! A favorite for all the kids!

Grandpa and Grandma with Joshua

Grandpa with Josh and Kaden roasting hotdogs!

This was one of Joshua's favorite things to do at the pumpkin patch! Feed these darn goats! Seriously we couldn't get him away from them!

All the grandkids in bunnyville! L to R: Josh, Cam, Harper, and Kaden

We also went to the children's museum! This museum is awesome!!

Dancing for Joy at the ball exhibit!

On the top floor of the museum, they had a dinosaur exhibit! Really neat, but the kids didn't like it! Maybe it was a little too much for them.

Joshua got to pet a real penguin! This penguin is about 15 yrs old! Penguins are fuzzy incase you were wondering.

We also saw a baby gorilla at the zoo! Joshua loved watching him. He told me he wanted to take his picture with him.

Harper and Joshua eating breakfast! Harper loved to follow Joshua around, but Joshua didn't really like it! Poor Harper, she just wanted to play!

Classic Joshua move! But still a nice family picture! Joshua puts his fingers in his ears if things are too loud or if he is scared! In this case there was a parrot to the left of us squawking pretty loud!

We had a wonderful time and look forward to next year!!! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for the fun filled week!!!!