Views after the storm

The view looking west from our driveway

The view of Shirley St eastbound

View of our house (on the left)

Ava next to the tree that fell into our yard

Vacation to Colorado

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Wednesday at 0145 hours (that’s 1:45 am) we left for Colorado. Donnie had done hours of researching and planning and now we were about to embark on our first real vacation with 2 kids. Driving while the girls slept worked out well. When they were awake there seemed to be a lot of high-pitched whining and the need for constant entertainment. I don’t think it is any surprise that I HATE driving in the car. If it is more than an hour I get antsy. This is not easy on Donnie or the girls because I just become annoyed if I can’t sleep.

We spent the first day in Frisco CO, which was very cool! We went to the top of Mt. Evans and nearly puked. I don’t think any of us was ready for the altitude change.

The next day we went to Rocky MT National Park (RMNP). Where again the walk from the car to the visitor’s center proved to be too much. At the end of the day we stayed in Estes Park where we did a lot of shopping and eating. The Donut Haus is THE best I have ever had.

Day three was spent in Boulder with my baby brother Miles. He showed us around and we spent the majority of our time on Pearl Street. We ate sushi, shopped, drank, and even made it down to Boulder falls. Boulder is definitely a cool city!

The next morning we left at 10am so we could get home to survey the damage to our neighborhood. A bad storm came through Omaha on Friday evening. We missed it and it missed our house barely. Our street lost about a dozen of the biggest oldest trees. That is for another post. All in all we had a great vacation. I can’t wait for next years!

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Just the 4 of us.

Today Amari officially became a Zach. It’s a little bittersweet. On the one hand I’m so glad she is here and that she is happy but on the other hand, it’s all over. No more forms to fill out, no more home studies, no more waiting. Our family is complete. This is who we are, “the Zachs”. The 4 of us.

Family Day

We took the girls swimming today after a lovely lunch to celebrate Amari's new last name and official status as little sister.  She sure loves the water.

Left it

Only 20% of you thought I should chop my hair off.  I added a few layers.  

We will see how long I can live with this.

CSI Picnic

Saturday was the Child Saving Institute adoption/foster care picnic. It gives adoptive/foster families a chance to connect with birth families and eat chicken. They have clowns, face painting, prizes and did I mention chicken? Yummers! We were able to spend a little time with Adrianne and Jeryn, Amaris' birth family. It was good to see them. Ava won a panda hand puppet. Good times!

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Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers day to the worlds best dad, well second best, my dad gets worlds best. Maybe Donnie will earn it during the teenage years?

Chicago

This last Monday I met my good friend Amy in Chicago.  Her brother Aaron lives there and was kind enough to let us stay with him and show us around.  We went shopping, we went on a boat tour, we ate (a lot) and  best of all I went to my first pro baseball game.  Those Cubs fans are nuts!   Here are a few of the pictures.  

In Bloom

Kitchen in 360

This is our old kitchen I found this old photo in my school stuff.  Yes it's true the counter was only about 3 feet long.   Click here to see the new kitchen. 

Miss Mar

7 and 1/2 months of pure bliss!

A few more photos

I may have lost the video? We will see if I can get it back.

I'm sorry Mari.

I want to publicly apologize to Amari for saying she looks a lot like Tom Jones. After hearing both of my parents say "there’s little Tom Jones" I realized that I might have started an awful trend. Just because she and Tom share the same hairstyle doesn’t mean that she in any way looks like him. I personally know how painful it is to be compared to a boy at this tender age. Please refrain from calling her Tom, little Tom Jones or Miss Jones and I will refrain from picking her curls out in to a mini fro. Thank you.

Stage Fright?

One thing about Ava is that it takes her a very long time to warm up. New places or lots of people cause her to shut down. Today was her dance recital. It was held at the studio and Grandma and Grandpa Love we there to see her strut her stuff. Well she didn’t move for the first 15 minutes. I don’t think she will be the next prima ballerina but I nearly shed a tear when she did a perfect 5th position into a plié. I hope to post more photos and possibly video later!