Kearney Area KidZone

The new Kearney Area KidZone opened it's doors on April 22nd. I do believe the pictures speak for themselves.......

If you ever can't find us at home, you may want to come lookin' for us here!

Kerrie & Kevin Carpenter

The boys and I met Brett in Lincoln on May 1st and attended the wedding reception of my best friend from high school.

There are days & nights where I could just

endlessly squeeze this boy....but the almost two year old in him disagrees. "Alien fingers" and a cute grin from Carson.
Mr. & Mrs. Carpenter

My parents also attended the reception.

Smiles for the camera from the gorgeous bride and myself.

Kindergarten Roundup

A, B, C, D, E Kindergarten's where I want to be
F, G, H, I, J Learn to read and write each day
K, L, M, N, O Boys and girls we like to know
P, Q, R, S, T Sharing books with you and me
U, V, W, X, Y Now it's time to say goodbye
Z, Z, Z, Z, Z Kindergarten's where I want to be!

Kindergarten Round-Up April 17, 2010

Easter Weekend

I submitted my final assignment for the semester last night so I FINALLY have some free time to catch up on things I enjoy doing.....I'll start by catching you all up on Easter. Please forgive me, it has been awhile since I have done this and all my pictures seem to be out of order.

Brett and the boys playing Hungry Hippo at the Kopke's on Easter Sunday.
One funny looking Easter bunny......

Bubbles....bubbles....bubbles!

Looking for eggs....

The Easter egg hunt in Beaver City filled the boys full of sugar & smiles.

The Friday before Easter, we attended the couples wedding shower for my dear friend, Kerrie and her fiance, Kevin.

Collin figured out how to crawl (not so gracefully) out of Grandma & Grandpa Oliver's crib.

Precious hands....

Concentrating hard on dying eggs.

Oooh! Would you look at that!

Kansas City Part III

Everyone was exhausted from our Kansas City adventures over the past 4 days. Carson slept soundly snuggled up to his "monk", which he made at Build A Bear Workshop in California when Brett came home from Okinawa in 2007 and his new friend, Fluffy.

It snowed all day on Saturday and was cold and windy. The roads were messy on Sunday morning so we went out for breakfast at a nearby restaurant and then hung around the hotel room before waiting for the roads to clear.

The ride home went so much quicker than the ride down. We stopped 3 times again and were happy to have Grandma Betty waiting for us when we arrived. The boys were eager to play outside in the sunshine (without a trace of snow).

Kansas City Part II

Friday finally came and Carson could hardly wait to check into the Great Wolf Lodge! We stepped into our room just long enough to change into our suits and headed to the water park.

As you can imagine, it is difficult to carry your camera around at a water park, so I did not get near as many pictures as I would have liked. Majority of the time Carson and I were going down the slides while Brett & Collin hung out in the family hot tub.

That evening we enjoyed supper at a Hibachi grill and both boys thought it was a lot of fun to watch the chef cook. Collin kept looking at me with a surprised look on his face and saying "ooh!" The food was delicious!

Brett tried getting Collin to sleep that night (without success) while Carson and I headed down to the lobby for story time. There were many kids and Carson seemed to enjoy every minute of it.

He even hugged Wiley the Wolf!

On Saturday woke up and headed down to the water park for some more swimming. After an hour or two we checked out of the lodge and headed back to the Hampton Inn for some much needed naps/rest. That afternoon we went shopping at a mall and the boys enjoyed making their very own puppies at Build A Bear Workshop. We finished up the day with some Italian food and more swimming at the lodge before we finally snipped our wrist bands.

Kansas City Part 1

Spring break finally came and we all were so excited to spend some time at home and then pack up our bags and head to Kansas City. We ended up leaving a day earlier than planned but it was worth every minute of rushing around to get things ready....bags packed, car loaded, Dozer to the vet, homework turned in, etc.

We stopped briefly 3 times of the way there and got to Kansas City just in time for supper. Brett took us out to eat at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries and we walked around the Legends shopping center for a while.

On Thursday we did some more shopping, browsed around Nebraska Furniture Mart and had supper at the T-Rex Cafe.