The last weekend in May, the whole family took a trip to Omaha. My mom and dad, Heath, Jena, Brynn, Jerry, Me, and Izabell, all met Tonya, Joe, Joci, & Byron up there. We drove up Friday morning and left Sunday. It was very short. It was about a 4-5 hour trip for all of us. We went to the Children's Museum and to the Omaha Zoo. The kids had so much fun, some of them were crying on Sunday when we had to leave. Joci loved the gorillas and the meerkats. She kept saying, "Oh, he's so cute. He looks like my daddy, weeters." (which is their orange tabby cat, Peters...haha)
Byron loved the fire truck. He wouldn't get off.
The girls in the wagon, which was a brillant idea, by my sister. Byron, I believe was in the other one fast asleep.
At the Children's Museum, there was a play area were the kids could go and dress in costumes and perform a play or some kind of act. They just dressed up and were chasing each other around. It was very comical and a good place to sit and relaxed while they acted. Izabell wanted to dress up as a unicorn. I think it's alittle small, but she didn't mind.
At the Zoo, we brought some ice chests and lunch meet. We sat at some of the picnic areas and ate lunch. There were birds walking around that the kids were trying to feed. Instead of just throwing the food and letting the bird eat, they would throw it and then chase the bird to every spot he was eating. Naturally, the bird finally gave up and went away. I think I would too, with four monkeys chasing me. Byron was slowing behind all the girls.
The Children's Museum was pretty awesome. Jerry loved the science part. The kids like the air machine. Byron kept trying to catch the balls as they went up in the air. He was just alittle too short.
Izabell had fun on the swing pulley. She used those skinny arms and made her way to the top!!
We had the kids sit down and make a funny face before we left. Byron didn't like the idea of sitting too much. I think I got one with him in it that he sat still for about 2 secs.
Izzy wanted to feed the dolphins. That's all she kept talking about and saying that was the only thing she wanted to do, if she couldn't do anything else. Jerry went with her and took his turn at feeding them too.
We are "remodling" Izabell's bedroom, as she calls it. As you can see in the pictures, we still have the old shag green carpet. Jerry talked her getting some new black carpet, so she decided she wanted to repaint the walls. I think I've talked them both into getting a dark color of carpet, but not black. Izzy has decided on hot pink walls and black trim. We are also going to paint a wall with chalkboard paint. She wants puppy dog prints every where, so we are going to have to figure out some pattern. The ceiling is also going to be painted with paws that glow-in-the-dark. I will have to post some after pictures when we get finished. I'm hoping to get most of it painted this weekend. We'll see how that goes.
Izzy was trying to write a message that says, "I Love Mer." She later decided to add Henry and then ran out of room. I think we got some close ups with our digital that shows more of it.
Izabell was involved in many activities this year. She did Mini Dance Camp, Mini Cheerleading, and Basketball. She is getting ready to start softball this summer. She really enjoyed basketball and had fun doing it. Good Job, Izzy! Keep it up!
She only made one basket this year, but she played good defense and stole many balls.
The last weekend in May, the whole family took a trip to Omaha. My mom and dad, Heath, Jena, Brynn, Jerry, Me, and Izabell, all met Tonya, Joe, Joci, & Byron up there. We drove up Friday morning and left Sunday. It was very short. It was about a 4-5 hour trip for all of us. We went to the Children's Museum and to the Omaha Zoo. The kids had so much fun, some of them were crying on Sunday when we had to leave. Joci loved the gorillas and the meerkats. She kept saying, "Oh, he's so cute. He looks like my daddy, weeters." (which is their orange tabby cat, Peters...haha)
Byron loved the fire truck. He wouldn't get off.
The girls in the wagon, which was a brillant idea, by my sister. Byron, I believe was in the other one fast asleep. 
At the Children's Museum, there was a play area were the kids could go and dress in costumes and perform a play or some kind of act. They just dressed up and were chasing each other around. It was very comical and a good place to sit and relaxed while they acted. Izabell wanted to dress up as a unicorn. I think it's alittle small, but she didn't mind.
At the Zoo, we brought some ice chests and lunch meet. We sat at some of the picnic areas and ate lunch. There were birds walking around that the kids were trying to feed. Instead of just throwing the food and letting the bird eat, they would throw it and then chase the bird to every spot he was eating. Naturally, the bird finally gave up and went away. I think I would too, with four monkeys chasing me. Byron was slowing behind all the girls.
The Children's Museum was pretty awesome. Jerry loved the science part. The kids like the air machine. Byron kept trying to catch the balls as they went up in the air. He was just alittle too short. 
Izabell had fun on the swing pulley. She used those skinny arms and made her way to the top!!
We had the kids sit down and make a funny face before we left. Byron didn't like the idea of sitting too much. I think I got one with him in it that he sat still for about 2 secs.
Joci was so worn out, but you can see Byron is ready to go. When isn't he??
All the girls....Izabell, Joci, and Brynn.....having girl time..hmmm...wondering where the boy is?!
How high can you go??
Uncle Heath and Byron having boy time. Look at those two thurds!!
