Childhood Memories

When I was 8 or so, my entire family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins visited Glacier National Park. While there, my mom, aunt, older sister and two cousins went on a ten-mile hike with a guide as there were bears in the area. The guide told us that if we made enough noise, we would scare bears from the trail and would be kept safe.My cousin, who is one year younger than me had taught me a marching poem (I don't know if this was actually used by soldiers, but that's beside the point) that goes like this:

Left

Left

I left my wife with 49 kids and a bottle of milk 'cuz I thought it was

Right

Right

Right for my country and whoop-dee-doo

Repeat

We marched up the entire mountain, repeating this to, um, keep the bears away.

I was on a walk this evening when I thought of this memory and couldn't help but repeat this as I was walking. So, there I was 25 years old marching...I mean walking...down a dirt road in Lincoln Nebraska to this march poem/song. Good thing I was in farm land!

We Made It

We are now amongst the cornfields of Nebraska. Other than being hot and humid, we have loved it so far. We have met many new friends - most of them have finished at least one year of law school, so Craig has been getting the run-down of his professors. Hopefully they can help him study too!

I started working for WIC this past week, which is MUCH different than clinical nutrition. It's been good so far, but I'm still pretty useless.

My sister keeps asking me to update with pictures of our apartment, so here they are:

Here's the kitchen - much bigger than any apartment kitchen we have had before. I'm finally starting to cook this week!

Living room and Craig on the couch.

Our room - don't mind the bare walls.

Here are some of the pictures we still need to hang - one of the reasons I don't like moving. I'm obsessed with centering things perfectly, so the thought of hanging these gives me a headache!

Did we find Heaven?

I forgot to put this picture into my last post, but I think we found a little piece of heaven in Nebraska! Rocket Fizz is a little soda shop with hundreds of flavors of pop. I don't love soda, but we got some yummy peach and raspberry flavors - we'll definitely be coming back!

Future Cornhuskers!

It looks like we have Nebraska in our future! Craig and I visited Lincoln in March and absolutely loved it. It was definitely a small city, but there was a mall, good food, and friendly faces, so I think we're sold! Here are some highlights from our trip:

Visiting Liberty Jail

Farr West

Winter Quarters Visitor's Center...

...and temple

Craig's cousin Katie, her husband Tyler and baby Zach

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dairy store (it wasn't as good as Aggie Ice Cream)

Husker football stadium - it was AMAZING

The State Capitol which had 14 floors and a tiny elevator

Haymarket Square where we had some amazing food on our 5th anniversary!

The International Quilt Study Museum - so many beautiful quilts and fabric

We also drove to Arkansas to visit the University of Arkansas, which we didn't love...

We visited Bill and Hilary Clinton's first home

Best part of Fayettville was Hugo's - a burger joint in a dark basement

We went to the Harry Truman Library on our way back to Kansas City

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Busy, busy, busy...

We sure have been busy for the past few weeks, but have been able to have fun too! Craig is just one class shy of graduating - we are both so excited! He has been busy applying to Law School this fall and has been accepted to 3 schools already. We're excited for the next adventure in our lives - hopefully we, the worlds worst decision-makers, can decide where to go!

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we ran in a Santa 5K. It was hilarious! Everyone was in these costumes - we even had beards and hats.

We went bowling for Kate's Birthday. I don't think we have been bowling for a couple of years and it definately showed!

We spent Christmas Eve with my sister and her family. We ate yummy food, read stories with nieces, and of course read the Christmas story. We love this time of year and are grateful to have families close to share it with.

Christmas morning at my parents. Bosley must have seen some food - it looks like he's trying to get away!

Of course we made (and ate) lots of sweets! What's Christmas without cinnamon rolls??