Mini-Vaca #2

This past weekend, our family headed to Omaha.  We enjoyed getting to see some good friends and visiting a little.  The kids did so well in the van on the way there and back...it's so nice that they travel well!  I think we actually make record time for us by getting to Omaha in 8 hours!  It was so funny listening to the kids be in awe of all the lights of the city.  It was like they were seeing it for the first time even though we lived there for 4 1/2 years.  One of the funniest moments was when we were heading to "our" church Sunday morning.  As we waited at the light after exiting off Dodge, the kids seen the church on the left.  Hailey said she remembered that's what the church looked like, Lexi said she didn't remember it, and Jacob goes, "I remember it!"  Aaron & I had a good laugh about that one being he was 10 months old when we moved back to ND.  :)
It was so good to be back at Trinity that morning!  We still feel like that's our church even though we love and feel totally at home in our church here in Mayville.  It was fun to see all the changes they've been making in the nursery and other Sunday School rooms--new paint, murals on the walls, electronic check-in stations, new registration desk.  The most exciting part was seeing our friend Kurt & Emily leading worship for the elementary school kids!  They looked right at home leading and I'm so happy they have found a spot to serve.  Lexi was quite excited after class to tell me that she knew and sang along with one of the songs.  It was one that we had learned in Sunday School.  "I Am Free"
The main reason for us heading to Omaha was to help Kent & Colleen celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary and Vow Renewal.  We consider Kent & Colleen our parents as they were a huge help to us when we lived there.  They loved on us just like we were their kids and our children their grandchildren...how awesome is that?!  K & C have been participating in Rendevous for many years now and they decided to have their vow renewal Rendevous style.  It was really neat seeing the whole set up of everyone that was there.  We had perfect weather for being outside most of the day.

The Wedding Party

The girls with Leenie and the dresses she made for them.

Jacob wearing Papa's hat.

The kids with Leenie & Papa and their pop-guns!

The kids with Tiffany & Leenie.  The kids loved helping Tiffany and playing with her.  Jacob helped wash dishes and all the kids helped find sticks for her to build a fire.

The weekend was great, but was too short!  We would have loved to have seen more of our friends, but just couldn't fit it all in.  Next time, we'll need to make it a longer stay.

After getting home, my plan was to get my house back in order after being neglected for the last few weeks.  This summer has been crazy and the weekdays end up being used to get ready for the next trip that weekend.  My plans for cleaning got side-tracked by Lexi having a high fever and Jacob having a super runny nose and fever.  Thankfully, Lexi's only lasted 1 day and Jacob was much better the next day.  I think the reason being is they decided to share their symptoms with me.  I came down with Jacob's leaky nose and Lexi's fever!  Today is going well so far and I actually feel like I have some energy to do some of the chores around the house.  I'm looking at this cold as God's way of saying that we needed to slow down a little and rest.  It'll be good to get rested up and healthy again so we can be ready to go for the next 3 weeks.  After that, I think things will slow down as we don't have any big travel plans.