Visit to Omaha!

Since Chad has spent most (all of) the summer out of town working, I thought now would be a great time to attempt a road trip to Omaha to visit the Uncks! I knew I wouldn't be able to do it on my own, so I took my little brother Mark along for some extra help!

The drive out went great! The kids watched a few shows, colored a ton, and ate plenty of junk food. Mapquest said 10 hours...and we made it there in 10 hours. How great is that? We stopped 3-4 times, only for potty breaks and gas. I had planned on stopping and letting the kids play at a play place, but we passed one and never found another. They were sad for a minute!

We had plenty to keep us busy for the week (if 6 kids wasn't busy enough). Here are a few pictures.

Pizza Machine!

Rides, tokens, tickets, prizes, pizza, slurpees, ice cream, nachos, & tacos! How fun is that for 6 kids? They loved it!!

The Slide!

2 Big slides in downtown Omaha. Not sure how many times they went down, but they all loved it. Wax paper made you go faster!!

The Zoo!

Our favorite part of the trip. First was the butterfly garden. Carli thought she was living a "Fancy Nancy" dream.

My kids could have spent hours in the aquarium! Amazing.

Gorillas! This was fabulous. As we were getting ready to move onto the next animals, the gorillas and orangoutangs starting 'singing' a little song to us. We all loved watching them puff up their necks! Very entertaining! :) (too bad we dont have pictures of the actual animal.)

Thanks Uncks for a great week we will never forget!