Our 2nd Visitors

Tim, Tam and John stopped by our place on their drive home from Texas. It was good to see them again and it was so fun to see Tamera and her cute little pregnant belly. Dave had his orientation that day so they all rested until Dave got home. That evening we went to a tour of downtown, which included a quick stop at the football stadium. We found a place called Sam and Louie's Pizza that turned out to be super delicious! I noticed that the manager closed down the outdoor seating area and asked the guys that were sitting there to come in. We figured a storm was on its way, but we had not idea what we were in for! As we were walking out of the door we were bombarded with a blanket of rain being pushed by very strong winds. It was a struggle just to make it across the street, especially for me with the stroller (Dave had Linc) that was being pushed by the wind. I had to pick up the stroller and make my way across the street hoping to not get hit by a car. When I finally met everyone under the protection of the parking garage I saw that we were all SOAKED FROM HEAD TO TOE!! Poor little Linc was shivering. We hurried up and got to the car to be warmed by the heat. The drive home was no better, Dave could hardly see because there were buckets and buckets of rain being poured on the car and the streets were flooded within 10 minutes of the storm starting. It was a crazy experience, but that is how storms are in Nebraska. the rest of their trip went well and the next morning they made it safely to their next destination. Thanks for stopping by...hopefully you will come again guys!!

Sunday Sleeper

Our first Sunday here we all got up early to get ready for church. None of us were used to a 9am start time since our ward started at 1pm in Utah. Linc is used to taking a nap in the morning before church and we all had our routines. Poor Linc was so tired that morning! I set him down in the living room while I went to the kitchen for less than 5 minutes to finish gathering the things I needed for Linc. I walked back into the living room to get the little guy and this is how I found him...FAST ASLEEP!!! It has been a struggle trying to get on a new schedule, but I think we sort of have it figured out after 4 weeks.

Linc's First Campout

Our second weekend here we went camping with some friends (Colt and Leslie) that we made the first weekend in Nebraska. We were really excited to take Linc on his first camping trip. We had been wanting to take him in Utah, but never got around to it with Dave's surgery. Although camping in Nebraska is a lot different than Utah, we had a lot of fun. It was not as cold as we expected it to be, which was actually a good thing since somehow our sleeping bags were left in Utah. We had a delicious dinner and Linc was visited by a frog that was not shy and jumped on his blanket. Colt and Dave helped Linc have the full experience and let Linc touch it. Linc kept reaching out to grab it, but they didn't let him because he probably would have killed the poor frog. They put it on Linc's arm and then it hopped away when it was done visiting. Linc is such a little trooper, at bed time I was able to put Linc in the tent and I stayed with him for about 10 minutes while he drank his bottle and then I left him as he was dozing off to sleep. He did just fine and when I went to bed I found him passed out completely asleep and did not wake up when I moved him over to make room for us. During the night we were greeted by a pretty big thunder and lighting rainstorm. Linc woke up and watched and after about 30 minutes he went back to sleep. As usual, Linc woke us up in the morning with his self entertaining babble and movements. Dave cooked a wonderful dutch oven breakfast that we all enjoyed...including Linc. There were some leftovers from the s'mores so Linc got his first taste of marshmallow and then devoured the graham crackers, which he got ALL over!! It was a fun and successful trip and we are actually now getting ready for another trip this weekend for our ward camp out...and of course another camping trip with Colt and Leslie in a couple weeks and whoever else wants to join. We want to be sure to get some trips in before the winter season.

Our First Visitor

After a long day of moving in Ryan and Dave played some Wii while I eagerly began to organize the kitchen. I think I had most of the kitchen done by the time we went to sleep. The boys had fun hanging out and talking...I'm sure some of it had to do with what Dave had to look forward to. While Ryan was here Dave showed him the football stadium and the cool Nebraska Football Game Day Presentation and the Heisman Presentation. It is awesome!! I included a small clip so you can get a small taste of what it was like. The next morning we drove to Omaha to take Ryan to the airport. Thanks again for all your help!!

Good-bye Utah...Hello Nebraska

Dave and Ryan drove the Uhaul to Nebraska and Linc and I had the luxury of flying. We all left pretty early. We had one layover and overall it was a pretty good experience. Linc did amazing on the first flight. He fell asleep at take off and slept the entire way. I changed him from his jammies to a regular outfit during our layover. We got a quick bite to eat that we took on the plane with us. Linc actually got his own seat on the second flight, which was really nice. If I were rich I would do that every time! He cried for about the first 10-15 minutes and then fell asleep. I put him in his car seat and he slept the rest of the way until we landed. Tyler picked us up from the airport and after a quick rest we went to see our new home. We stayed with Tyler and Kelly that night and then then next day we moved in to our place and have been enjoying it ever since. I'll post pictures of our place soon...it is still "under construction"!

Packing Day

Well the day finally came to pack up the Uhaul. We had help from the family and although we were not able to bring everything we were able to fit most things in the 16 foot truck. I knew we had a lot of things, but I did not realize how much stuff we actually have. The truck and the Jeep were full to max capacity.

Linc Loves Foxy!

We had dinner with Grandma Favero and Mike before we left Utah and Linc had a blast! He went crazy over Foxy and even let her give him kisses. Linc would continuously laugh at Foxy and reach for her. Foxy enjoyed playing with Linc's toys more than Linc, but Linc is still too young to realize that. Grandma had this little cowboy thing and Linc wanted to make another new friend. The food was delicious and the company even better. It was a great night.