Life in Nebraska ....

We had a cook out and afterwards hung out on the deck till a bit later than I thought it was...... We were honored with more overnight guests this week!  We had so much fun with them and not just fun but Good good fun!  The kids got along so well (at least my kids said so) and they were kind to us about our laid back style of entertainment.  I hope they use us for a motel again sometime!  And by the way these pictures are a complete scramble of all kinds of stuff in our life right now. Keagan Michael being Keagan at the orangutan cage... Too much glare but you can see some of the kids at least.  They stopped in on Monday afternoon for over night and the next morning we were irresponsible and decided to do the zoo with them. They were sure they needed to go home and we were sure we needed to work.....but somehow we didn't and we did zoo instead.  So glad we did!  This is not related to the zoo or Danny's visit.....  Zerrick ...

Two of my most amazing gifts in my life.  Thank you God. 

Two weeks ago we had a baby shower/ surprise birthday party in the back yard for my dear friends.  I had a lot of help and easy access to old doors and such because of this old place. I wanted to document that ^^^  before time flew on and I couldn't remember it all!  Thank you Kaitlyn for sharing your pictures!     On Mother's Day we had a nice big Tornado tear through our area and so the yard and gardens looked like they needed a lot of help but we had our party anyhow!     The night before the party some relatives from Oregon arrived and stayed for most the week and so we had lots of late nights and much activity going on. One of the many thing storms and tornadoes do.. Exhausted boy sleeps in strange positions!  These two always had plenty to discuss and argue over.  They played hard and fought hard..... I think maybe my kids have strange down, but it's kind of a little overwhelming to other people?! :) And ...