On Safari

If you look closely, you can see that her tongue is sticking out. This is quickly becoming a habit.


Today we went on The Wildlife Safari (Nebraska's very own Jurassic Park). It was a lot of fun, I hadn't remembered that it even existed. There were Buffalo, Elk, Sandhill Cranes, Pronghorn Antelope, Wolves, Deer, Black Bears and Bald Eagles. The fake buffalo we are standing in front of is actual size, they were ginormous!


Now here's the real thing. They looked very hot and sleepy, but still very large.

I just couldn't get over how big their heads were. You understand why it was such a great feat for an indian brave to bring down one on his own.

This was another intriguing animal we found. She had a blast. We were only able to see one wolf, because Stinter Bint here was yelling and running around like she'd gone insane. It was twice the fun just watching her enjoy herself.

This was before we let her out of the stroller and as you can see, she wasn't so happy that she was confined.

He was beautiful!

The elk were my favorite by far, they were so close to us, not to mention HUGE!! This one walked past the car and I could've reached out to touch him.

Patrick and Misty's Wedding

We didn't get many pictures from the wedding, just the ones that were on Michael's phone. Obviously, me and him.

This was fun, they were waiting to get their picture taken on the porch. The Dads were supervising. Of course, they were never this good when actually posing for a picture. I was escorted by the man on the right. I think his name was Michael. Funny thing is I don't know for sure.

This was the whole wedding party. Misty and Patrick were so happy! (as they should be.) They went to Disneyworld for their honeymoon, I'm sure they're enjoying that!

Videos

This video is not for the weak of stomach. I also want to say that I had nothing to do with it, Daddy-Man was the encourager, not me. He had spilled his tea on the floor and Haelley decided to clean it up.



I suppose every parent has pictures or a video of this, but it was a lot of fun. I don't know how to describe her to everyone, she is so close to my heart. She is growing so fast. Giving kisses and clapping and cheering for everything and everyone is on the top of her to-do list.
This was the greatest. John and Joshua came over to hang out while Josh was here and this was the result. She likes both of them a lot but the combination of the two took her over the edge of sanity.

Memorial Day

The holiday couldn't have started better for Bethy. We discovered a luna moth parked on the wall right outside our apartment door.

Here's uncle John sharing some highly-coveted quality time with Haellers.

Mom dominated the cornhole competetion. She's even taking it easy on 'em.

Caleb had to put everything into it. This was his signature toss, every one identical.

Haelley can never get enough of swing time.

Haelley's never eaten rabbit before, but she loved them.

Misc. Haelley

Miss Diane found a stacking ring toy thingy at a garage sale and got it for Haelley. It has become her new favorite toy. She has a special fascination with the orange ring. I couldn't decide which of these pictures to choose, so I just put them all in.

She loves to crawl around carrying her luggage in her mouth and in the tub is no different. She kept it there forever long (the ring not the tub), I'm sure her mouth must've been numb.

Say cheese!

She plays so hard that the last feeding of the day usually ends like this.

Washington Trip

The beginning. The poor girl was sick most of the trip and wasn't in the best of spirits. I don't know what we would have done if we hadn't brought her blanket and picked up a substitute Eeyore on the way.

I think that this was the only smile that Michael received from Jason the entire trip. It was pretty sweet though. He had just finished his bottle and was pretty happy.

Michael took this picture in Utah, I think. I really liked it, the mountains were so pretty!

This picture is sooooo special. Great-Grandpa had to endure the thumb-sucking in this picture, but otherwise, she did good. It was great to get to see them, they are still very much like I remember them and it was a lot of fun to spend time with them.

We played in Great-Grandma's backyard several times to give Haelley some space. She loved being outside!

She was a little unsure of the rough texture, but it was fun to be up so high.

Smile!

Grandpa was very disturb by the sorry state of the new generation of youngster. Here he was ridiculing the behaviors of gangsters and anybody on "MTV". He even "busted a move" that I may upload later.

The Grand Coulee Dam

One day of our trip we set aside to go to the GCD (it's too long to keep spelling out). It was a lot of fun, I had been once before, but hadn't really appreciated the size and especially the history. It was built at the order of Teddy Roosevelt as we were coming out of the Great Depression. The idea was to create jobs for the many unemployed and fix the severe drought/flooding problems going on in Washington.

I've really come to appreciate "family pictures" at different places, I love to look at them and think of the fun times that were had.

I think that I scared Haelley's poor Grandpa with this! She was perfectly secured but was enjoying looking at the water below.

The end of the trip. She was such a trooper, but being sick, traveling and meeting so many new people really took a toll on her.