Weekend Away

Joe's Grandpa and Wanda were up in Fremont recently for a visit and we got to join them at Chuck and Cindy's for quite the exciting weekend. Beginning with one of these:

An airboat tour of the Platte River. So, SO fun! Court may not have been to sure at the start...

 Luca was ready...

But then we told her she had to wear ear muffs....

 She did adjust once we got going and had a great time

 We went at sunset in perfect weather, it was beautiful! The owner of the boat was a great guide, giving us a lot of stories and insight along the river. We saw bat caves, a bald eagle nest and got to splash around near the dunes. Court was in heaven wading with Daddy.

 Court was a little trooper wearing Luca's sunglasses to keep the wind out of his eyes and looking seriously cool in ear muffs. We held his hands to keep him from throwing his accessories but he was really very relaxed throughout the ride.

At one point on the river, our guide began to churn up the water with sharp turns, circling round and round. I thought it was just to spice things up (you know, see if he could toss anyone overboard) but as we looked behind us, giant Asian Carp began jumping out of the water. It was like being in a National Geographic shoot. There were so many, so close and a few almost made it into the boat but only one succeeded. They were huge!

Silliness,

 

 Supper and smores on the beach afterwards...

 The next morning we went to Omaha Doorly...

Amazed by the brilliant color on this bird

 Court was digging the Javelinas

 This Fairy Duster bush made me a little nostalgic and homesick for Arizona...

 The weekend caught up with the babies on the car ride home. They hardly stirred when we transferred them to bed and took very good naps along with most of the grownups. (Excepting Cindy, Wanda and I who scored big time at the Fremont Goodwill. It was fantastic)

In closing; a little eyelash envy.