Omaha Zoo 2020.

We went to the Omaha Zoo with the De Jongs! It was a fun day and glad we could go on a special outing. 

The aquarium was a hit! This puffin was swimming around Lucy and Ellory for awhile and kept looking right at them, they loved it!

We got to see the penguins being fed, as well as a couple other animals. So neat!

Ellory loved the aquarium so much. It was such fun to watch her enjoy it. She stayed longer than everyone else and ran to almost every single thing and shouted, "Wow! Look at this!" She specifically asked me to take her picture by this purple/yellow fish and the stingray, which she hardly ever does. I've said it before and it's always true- watching your kids having a great time is such a joy!

Dancing on this special floor mat with cousin Will!

The giraffes were running around in a circle chasing each other! I have never seen that before and it was amazing. We got to see several really cool animal interactions this trip, probably more than I've ever seen before on a zoo trip. So fun!

My favorite animal with my favorite girls!

We also got to watch where they closed the walkway to get the giraffes inside. I've never seen that before either!

What a fun trip- love family time!

Kley looks pretty good pushing a stroller! What a great dad. Boy, we have logged lots of miles with that thing! I remember putting them in there so itty bitty, and now their feet are dangling over the edge. 

The girls were all three learning about creation recently at preschool and during homeschool, so it was a fun time for a zoo trip.

They had this helicopter and safari car you could play in in the African exhibit and it was a huge favorite!

Scarecrow Farm 2020.

We had a super fun family day going to visit Scarecrow Farm! We had to drive 45 minutes to get there, but it was worth it. We went there last year for the first time, and it was so fun we decided to make it tradition. They have lots of activities! We enjoyed slides, playground equipment, big jumper, tractor ride, hayrack ride, corn maze, turbo trikes, obstacle course, goats, swings, and maybe even more that I'm forgetting. Definitely lots of favorite fun fall activities!

We entered the mini maze, but somehow got mixed into the regular maze and we were lost for a bit, but we did it! The girls were troopers (this was the last thing we did before leaving and they were getting hungry).  They were amazed that it was real corn!

Hayrack ride! Norah stayed with Kley to ride the turbo trikes while we did this. 

Obstacle course- it's truly amazing. The girls basically just walked through it because it's made for adults, like not even regular adults, super athlete adults. 

They liked the tire tunnel and balance beam parts of it.

Our cute family photo attempts didn't go super great because it was "so bright." Oh well!

Fun swings!

Tractor ride.

The big jumper was a favorite!

What a fun day! Thankful for fun family outings- a blessing to be able to do it and one of my favorite things!

Family photos 2020.

My sweet friend Heidi was kind and blessed us with some of her time to snap a few family photos for us! Here's the best of the bunch. :)

Super thankful for my family! I am very honored to be wife and mom to my crew. After pictures, we went to our local school's football game! The girls got a ring pop for taking pictures nicely and loved the halftime band show! (We left after halftime for the girls to go to bed. They basically think the football game is just the warm up for the real event- the band. :)

 

Big news for Norah- we are homeschooling for kindergarten!

What a wild few weeks it's been! Kley had COVID (it was very mild thankfully- he was feeling really sick for one day, and then had minor aches and cold symptoms for a few days following). While he had it, the girls had to quarantine from school, and during that time we decided to homeschool Norah for the rest of her kindergarten year. We prayed about it a lot and kept feeling His leading towards it, and we want to be obedient. It was a difficult decision because we loved her teacher and school, but overall we just felt that this would be a good fit for our family for now. We don't plan to homeschool forever, but for several factors it seemed like it would work well for us for this year. We are all excited for learning at home and more time together!