Omaha Zoo Weekend

Wow, I honestly don't know what has happened to the last two weeks. This summer is flying by WAY too fast. I don't want it to end :(

Let's see, two weekends ago, we had a softball tournament all day on Saturday. We played 3 games, which totally wore John and I out, we are not as young as we used to be. It was a hot, sunny day, so we got a ton of sun, and we had fun playing. We didn't end up placing in the tournament, but it was a good time. We ended the day with a grill-out with the softball team, it was a really good time.

The rest of the weekend was hell. I have never felt so crappy. I don't know what I had, but it involved a throbbing headache, achy joints, chills, fever, and just all-around being miserable. Whatever it was, it went through our entire household, thank goodness we are all healthy now.

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous lately, so we have been spending a lot of time outside and visiting parks. Emma loves playing outside, and we love enjoying the beautiful summer weather.

 We have also discovered that Emma's hair is just long enough to put into pigtails. And, Emma can now stand up on her own, stand alone, and take a few steps on her own (if she is coaxed enough). She can walk- she is just a little unsure about the whole walking thing yet, so it takes some persuading :)

 This last weekend, we headed to Omaha to take Emma to the zoo. My entire family, plus John and Emma went to the zoo on Saturday. Omaha has an awesome zoo, it is huge and has about any animal you would want to see. We spent 5 hours in the hot sunshine, walking around looking at animals. It was a lot of fun, but the crowds were insane! There were way too many people at the zoo. We decided we are never going to the zoo on a Saturday again!

Emma did so good on our weekend trip. We spent 3 hours in the car to get to Omaha, and she didn't fuss once. She did really well at the crowded, hot zoo. And then we went out to eat and spent the night in a hotel, and Emma was a champ. She did get up at 5 am, and stayed up for the day, so that wasn't the most fun, but overall we couldn't have asked for her to behave any better.

We headed back home on Sunday, and my parents stayed until Monday to help stain our deck and trim our trees. Our yard is looking pretty snazzy this year. We have put a lot of work into it!

Last night, John's family and his aunt Jill came to visit for the evening. Jill is visiting from Yuma, AZ so it was nice to catch up with her. They brought supper with them, and Emma had no problem digging in.

She loved her supper, but we discovered there were eggs in it after she had eaten it, so it was benadryl to the rescue again. She got hives again, but they cleared up pretty quickly, and then Emma was just fine.

Today, (yes, we are FINALLY caught up to today) is our 3rd Anniversary. I'm not sure how it has been three years ago already! Man, times flies. It has been the best three years of my life, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for us.

Lastly, it's fair season! Tonight we are heading out to the Turner County Fair, I can't wait for Emma to see all the animals and all the lights and eat fair food. It's going to be so fun!! John and I did go to the Sioux Empire Fair last week,and we saw Kip Moore play, but I love fair time, and I can't wait to go hang out there tonight.

Sorry for the busy blog, I will try to blog more frequently, sometime time just goes by way too fast!!! Hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather this summer as well :)