Wildlife Safari

Last weekend we visited the drive through wildlife safari in Ashland that featured North American animals. Carter loves animals of all types so we thought we'd give it a try. He got to see deer, pelicans, black bears, bison, and elk.


What are those dad?


A little pit stop to run and see the bears and wolves (which we couldn't find). He also got to see an owl and learned they said "who who."


Where are those bears? (Right after this picture the two bears ran out right under us-- I swear we could have reached out and touched them if we really wanted to!)

Got milk?

We are working on using a big boy glass with Carter J. I snapped these pictures during snack the other day. He IS the cutest thing I have ever laid eyes on :)

Lincoln Children's Museum

Last Saturday we took a little road trip the Lincoln Children's Museum. We arrived to find three floors of fun. The top floor was full of trucks and airplanes -- it was a big hit. The middle floor was a town complete with Husker's stadium (groan). The bottom floor had a water area, prairie dog town, and a music area (which was probably his favorite, you know how he likes to groove!) :) Carter J had a great time, we will definitely visit it again!

Let him eat cake!

From Cupcake Island, mama's favorite Omaha establishment :)

Sprinkler fun!

We had a great time running through and drinking from the sprinkler ball.

Then when we were done Carter had a BIG drink of water. :)

Coloring with Carter

Grandma Widner send us home with some fun crayons. They fit on Carter's fingers, stack, and color. Carter had a great time using them. First he put them on his toes . . .



then lined them up . . .


stacked them . . .


and finally colored!

Happy 4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July down south in Missouri this year with friends and family. It was a 4th full of firsts for Carter. He saw his first parade, had a taste of his first candy (a sucker courtesy of his dad and grandpa), and fireworks (poppers that were a big hit!) We hope you all had a great holiday weekend as well.

Watching the parade with dad

Hmmm . . . . this is good.

So good that I'm not letting go to watch the parade.

Hanging out with grandpa watching the Adrian parade.

He had a blast stomping all these poppers!

He also got to play with some bubbles. One of his favorite things.

On Monday we were supposed to go to Deanna Rose, but it rained so we settled for a "Little Monkey Bizness." Carter loves this place and his favorite place was the bounce house.

He even let mom help him up the BIG slide. He loved it.