Mini-Vacation to Kearney (and Lincoln & Omaha)

Right before we flew to Chicago, we were able to spend a few days on "vacation" with our good friends, the Boysens. My brother was also able to spend a little bit of that time with us as well. We had a blast with all of them and love the idea of vacationing with them in the future as well.We started off in Kearney, NE and went the Great Platte River Road Archway. Basically it is a museum that is a bridge over Interstate-80. A fun little place to go to and learn a little history of the mid-west.





We spent the night in a hotel in Kearney that just so happened to have a swimming pool. So we trekked over to Wal-Mart to buy a little swimming suit for Emma. Needless to say, Emma's 1st swimming experience was not a pleasant one for her. I'm not surprised since she just learned to tolerate her bath time about 2 weeks before this. Plus, the water was SO COLD! You can see it in Emma AND Eric's faces below.

No pack 'n play tonight! Emma got a whole queen-sized bed to herself!
Black-Light mini-golf. Enough said...
Then we traveled to Lincoln. Spent the night with them and then headed up to Omaha to spend a few hours together before our flight to Chicago. We decided to visit the big walk-over bridge that spans the Missouri River. I hadn't realized this before but there is MAJOR flooding going on there so it was interesting to walk over the bridge and see it all.

We love the Boysens! Thank you so much for letting us spend this special time with you year after year! You are such great friends and such great support for us!