Omaha

We went to Omaha the weekend of July 19th. We wanted to visit Miranda and Rob and to check out their new apartment and Lisa's new one as well. A two hour car ride seems like nothing compared to 6.5 to WI.

Saturday we took the boys to the Omaha Zoo. It was a mad house. Eric made a parking spot for us up on the grassy curb. Other cars were doing it too, so why not. It was hot and humid, and I had decided to bring the umbrella stroller. Chase was upset that I didn't bring the wagon. I know he is very capable of walking, but after 30 minutes he wanted to be in the stroller. So he and Anthony took turns. I have a zoo pass for the Blank Park Zoo here in Des Moines, Omaha gives a discount for showing it. We saved $7 a ticket, so we splurged and bought train tickets.

We went to the Desert Dome first and went downstairs through the nocturnal exhibits. They also had a swamp we walked through. We then went through the desert. It wasn't long and the boys were saying they wanted to eat. So we got them corn dogs and then went to the aquarium. The boys thought the penguins and sharks were great. We saved the train for last, which gave us a tour of the back part of the zoo. We got to see the elephants, rhinos, giraffe's and zebra's. We put in three hours and then Anthony was sawing logs. So we headed for home.

Once we got back to Miranda and Rob's we all took naps. It was wonderful. I didn't want to get up! Rob said he would make his original sloppy joe's, while we went to visit Lisa. She only lives five minutes from them. We sat there and visited. Aunt Lisa had Sunny D in small bottles. The boys thought that was just wonderful. We then headed back to have dinner. Rob makes a fantastic sloppy joe. He says steak sauce is the key. Chase ate two sandwiches, that says a lot! It was fun to get away and spend time with the family.