My honey of 2 years!

These 2 years have flown, and have been a great time of learning.  We have had our rough patches, but  I am so in love and could not be any happier.  Moving away from family was one of the hardest things I've done thus far, but it has been a great blessing to our marriage.  We seriously depend on one another for everything.  It's been hard living where we do and not having any children.  I have felt like an outcast numerous times.  Mark has been so good, he treats me well and keeps a smile on my face.  I can't get over how lucky I am to have married such an amazing man. 

Mama and Papa Bennett

The Bennett's came to visit and it was so much fun.  First off, they fed us very well, thanks you!  We took them around to see a bunch of the sites, mostly all the church sites.  We also went to the botanical gardens, saw some trains and the pedestrian bridge.  It was a blast playing games and just being together.  Thanks for taking the time off to come and visit, let's do it again real soon. 

Kanesville Tabernacle.

Some pics from the Botanical Gardens.

 This tree was a beautiful color of orange, I wish the picture did it justice.

The lego exhibit is coming soon and it looks pretty rad. 

Real trains, just not in use anymore.  They are on the sign that welcomes you to Omaha as soon as you pass the Missouri River.

We found where Marks ancestor, John Lawrence was buried in the Mormon Cemetery. 

What a cute little couple!

Vala's 2012

Mark and I went on our yearly trip to Vala's Pumpkin Patch.  This time we went with his pharmacy class and it was so much cheaper and a different experience because we went at night.  This time it was a lot more "big person" friendly.  We weren't allowed to do a bunch of the activities last time because there were too many children around, we did a lot more playing this time around.  Sadly, this year I did not record our pig races but we did witness them.  This time they were just piglets, no full grown pigs, it was still fun to cheer them on.  This place is seriously the coolest pumpkin patch out there, you need to come visit us so you can physically experience it's greatness. 

 Pretty much I steal horses and received the penalty.

Mark was a pro on this little course until he hit the hill.

These are our banjo playing, scarecrow friends.

Just enjoying the breeze as I fly through the sky.

A little video showing the size of the pumpkin patch, it even goes beyond the light.  I was too chicken to check it out, it was dark outside.

Our favorite story time rocker!

One thing we couldn't do last year, but got the chance to this year.

Drove to Chicago

For Labor Day weekend, Mark and I drove out to Chicago with some of our friends.  It started off pretty shaky, we didn't get there until 1:30 a.m. and the room they gave us only had a king sized bed for two couples.  Problem!  We sorted things out and the rest of the trip was very delightful. The hotel was a little crazy it was definitely a party hotel and located directly next to Toby Keith's:  I  Love This Bar, that really was the name of the bar.  We got to see some interesting people, mostly the frat and sorority types.  On Saturday Mark got to accomplish one of his greatest dreams, we went to watch the Cubs play ball at Wrigley Field.  I have never seen his face light up like it did when he caught a glimpse of the Stadium. I don't even think his face was beaming that much on our wedding day, guess I know where I lay in comparison to the Cubbies:) Of course the Cubs got beat, but it was all about the atmosphere.  We did a little shopping and went to the Navy Pier.  The best part of the entire trip was the Science and Industry Museum, we will be going back there.  There was an entire German Submarine inside of the building.  It had a bunch of things that you wouldn't see or don't know much about, but were intriguing to learn about.  Next time I think we will do some sort of tour and will go to the top of the sears tower.  We came back pretty happy and the Chicago trip was a success!

Mark Happy to be at the game!

Fun time at the Chicago Navy Pier!

Went on the Ferris Wheel later that night.

Interesting finds at the Science and Industry Museum.

Mark and his U-505 German Submarine, coolest part of the Museum! These pictures don't do it justice, it was huge.

Toys 3000 wing let you take pictures of yourself being a successful, toy innovator.  Mark didn't do a very good job taking the picture of me.

I did a much better job at taking Marks.

View from our Ferris Wheel, would have been very romantic except you could see tons of large spiders crawling around on the outside. YUCK!

The Famous Bean or Cloud, call it what you like.

CWS (College World Series)

We finally got the chance to go to a College World Series game.  It was a blast! Thanks Mark Johnson for the invite!  It was UCLA vs Florida State.  Let's be honest I didn't really care who won, I was impartial, mostly I just participated in an old past time of people watching.  I do remember that Florida State pulled it out.  It was blasted hot, so I'm glad it was an evening game.  Next year I think we'll try to go to a few more games, we can get extra tickets for anyone who wants to come and visit.  June is a great time to come and see lightening bugs!

Visits from the family

Over Easter weekend my family came to visit.  My parents, my sister and my brother-in-law.  It was tons of fun.  We went to the zoo, and saw some crazy Gorillas, I think that was the best part of the zoo.  We had to keep telling Nathanael that the zoo was very large and he couldn't be disappointed if we weren't able to to see everything at the zoo.  We did pretty well, saw almost everything, except the Rhinos.  We went to the Kainesville Tabernacle and Winter Quarters.  I love the statue that they have inside of the Winter Quarters/Mormon cemetery.  It's a statue of a father and mother burying their small baby in a grave, knowing that as soon as they left their shallow grave that wolves were going to dig that grave up.  I makes you truly thankful for the perfect faith that our pioneers had. Of course in true family style we played tons of games, mostly just bang.  It's our new favorite thanks to Zac.  It's like a Western mafia game.  It was a good weekend, with good food and great family!  Thanks for the visit, I hope more are to come. 

 The family on the pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River.

BYU vs Creighton Baseball game

We really wanted to go to on to a Baseball game, mostly to see inside the park.  We went with a bunch of Marks classmates.  Creighton's opening game was against BYU and it gave us a perfect excuse to go.  The weather was amazing!  First part of March and it hit 80 degrees the day we went.  Great conditions for a good game.  We sat in the student section and I cheered for BYU but only quietly, I didn't want to cause a scene with any Creighton students.  My husband goes to Creighton, not me.  I was gonna cheer for who I wanted to.  My cheering wasn't enough and the Cougs lost, but it was a fun night. 

Darn Flat Stanley!

So our Nephew has been reading a book called Flat Stanley.  We haven't read it, but I guess it's about a guy who gets flattened somehow and is blown all over the world.  We got our own Flat Stanley in the mail and trying to think of places to take Stanley was a little hard.  We took him to the zoo, The Ameritrade Center (NCAA world series is played there) and we took him to this Pedestrian bridge that goes over the Missouri river.  It's the border for Iowa and Nebraska.  Easy task, right?  Well halfway through our trek inside the zoo, Stanley decided he was sick of staying put and flew away, out of my purse.  We didn't realize he had flown away until we reached to pull him out for a picture and he wasn't there.  We frantically searched all around the zoo, hoping he wasn't chilling on the horn of a gazelle or even worse the grasps of a small random child.  Luckily he was just catching some rays on the grass in front of the kangaroos.  We will be sad to say goodbye to good Stanley, he brought us many memories. 

 The Desert Dome is in the background, you walk in and it is set to be at desert conditions.

We couldn't get inside and this was the best picture we could get.  

 Pretty Omaha!

Border line and the Missouri River.  Mark is the best looking thing in this Picture!