What We've Been Up To...Continued

Nothing says Nebraska like "Runza", just like Artic Circle is "so Idaho".  Evus and I were  amazed when we got here that anyone would name a fast food chain "Runza"...like it would give you the "Runza"--Nasty!!!

But everyone has told us its really good and so we finally decided to try it out:

 The concensus: Pretty dang good for fast food...my only complaint is the lack of "fresh ingredients"..."like a salad"  I would have liked a tomato and lettuce on my burger, is what I'm trying to say by quoting Nacho.

 In our neck of the woods they celebrate Nebraskaland Days, which is a pretty big deal, with lots of events...but its basically a great big drinking fest and we don't drink...so not so eventful for us.  But we decided to go have a picnic at the park and check out the parade

 The parade was complete with the "One Armed Bandit" and "Buffalo Bill", the boys loved the tractors, horses and candy the most.  We picked an interesting location (bleachers set up for the local liquor store...we didn't know that at the time), but we had some interesting company and were glad to leave when it was over (it was a two hour parade) and most people around  us weren't drinking lemonade...

 After two hours of parade the boys were ready to be done too!  They fell asleep in their carrying packs on the way back to the car.  Willard didn't even wake up when we got him down and into the car.

 That afternoon we had a pretty good storm and a lovely rainbow...

And it looks like the pot of gold is in the UNL work shed...and I thought it was full of seeds and pesticides...

This is the tail-end of the storm and I have never seen a sky like this.  I took three pictures and stuck them together to show the full view.  Evus and I both ran out into the corn field to check it out.

 While we were out in the corn, our boys escaped outside too and we found them out back.  Willard decided to borrow some of daddy's shoes.

We had a lot of fun celebrating Father's Day.  We made a tie for daddy to wear to church that said "#1 BEST Daddy!" and the boys painted a rock for daddy to put on his desk at work that says "Our Daddy Rocks!"  I made Evus lasagna:

 And Willard and Porky helped me make Chocolate Cake for daddy and they did a great job!  The boys had a lot of fun eating cake and blowing bubbles in their milk...how could I stop them, it looked like so much fun!

 Even daddy got in on the action!  Happy Father's Day Honey!  I love you!

What We've Been Up To...

Wow, I am behind on blogging.  Mostly because I've been sick for the past month.  But despite sickness we have been able to do some fun things.  Evus took a trip to the Winter Quarters Temple a few weekends ago with the youth, and while he was gone we went to the local park and spent some of the money great grandpa gave the kiddos while we were in Idaho.  They LOVED the Choo Choo and had fun on the Horsie Ride.

 Most of the past month we have spent at home.  I love my home!!!  I love that I have a shady front porch and lots of land for the boys to run on. The pictures below show some of our favorite past times. 

The boys love having lunch out on the porch, especially since Grandma G and Mommy found them a little Tupperware Tea Set--I seriously almost sobbed when I found this set at a thrift store for a couple bucks.  I had this exact same set when I was a little girl and I LOVED it!!!  And they are boy colors so its completely cool for them to use them :) 

 The added bonus: my kids have a hard time drinking water, they always want milk or juice.  I only let them use water in their tea set and consequently they will drink a ton of it as long as they get to use their little cups.

 The latest source of amusement is the kiddy pool (They call it the blue bath)!  They love it and I love watching them.  They love to water the trees and flowers with their buckets.

 The other day I had the boys help me weed some flower beds on the side and back of the house.  They were very good helpers for most of it, but after while they lost interest and dissappeared to the front of the house.  It was really silent after awhile and I decided I had better go see what mischief they were into...I found them like this:

 They were just chilling in their lawn chairs watching the tractors go by...I guess I wore them out :) 

As for me, I have enjoyed working on my yard when I've felt up to it.  It helps me feel better when I get discouraged and I always think of my grandma when I go change the sprinklers or just stand with my arms behind my back and inspect my flowers.  I love it!

By the way, I haven't heard the corn growing yet...but it is growing!

We got to meet our family from Nebraska this month for lunch!  We are excited to live closer to them this fall so we can get to know them better.  Isn't family great!