Lincoln

We had a great day at the Lincoln Children's Museum while we were in Nebraska.  Noah had a great time going to all of the different exhibits, and Mommy and Daddy enjoyed getting to be kids again :)

Police Officer Noah

 

 Firefighter Noah

Of course, we are in a children's museum FULL of different things for Noah to see and play with and yet he wanted to spend most of the time play with the construction trucks :)

 

At the diner with Daddy

One of Noah's other favorite activities: playing in the water!

 Noah was excited to find another tractor to ride ("like Papa")

 

Noah taking Daddy & Mommy for a tractor ride

Future volleyball player :)

Eating the pizza he "made" with Mommy

Train tracks!

Pilot & Copilot

 

After a day at the Children's Museum, we went back to Aunt Lori & Uncle Scott's house for a family BBQ :)

 Brynlee & Noah "hanging out"

Noah & my friend Michele's daughter Madison driving around

The kids' table

Jordan taking Madison, Noah & Grady for a ride

One of my favorite pictures from our trip:

Madison & Noah

 

We attempted a group photo of the cousins and this is what we got...

 

This might be the "best" of the bunch ;-)

Noah, Madison, Brynlee & Gradyn

Little Drummer Boy

Here is a quick video of Noah playing with another one of Aunt Holly's garage sale finds.  Let me just tell you how glad I am that these are an ocean away at Grandma and Papa's house ;-) 

I have no idea where he learned these moves!

Third Stop: Nebraska

We headed for Nebraska early in the morning after our night in Derby so that we could make it to Grand Island, NE in time for lunch with Ely's Grandma Fletcher.

Playing in Great Grandma Fletcher's room

 After a few hours in Grand Island, we drove to Lincoln for a few days for some fun in Husker Nation

Our future Cornhusker!!!

While we were in Lincoln, we stayed with my Aunt Lori & Uncle Scott so Noah got to spend a lot of time with his cousin Madison!

Madison taking Noah for a drive in her Barbie jeep

Although Madison was kind enough to let Noah drive her jeep, she didn't seem very comfortable with his driving skills ;-)

 hahahaha

Once Noah got the jeep to himself, he decided to do some off-roading

 

 Noah & Madison showing off their silly faces :-D

Second Stop: Kansas

After our trip to Phoenix, we had a very brief (as in one night) stop in Derby before driving up to Nebraska.  But during that time, Noah got to do one of his favorite activities: riding a tractor with Papa!!!

Of course, Noah managed to work his charm and got to sit in the cockpit before our flight to Kansas! 

Yay for free snacks on Southwest! It's kind of "interesting" that Southwest gives us snacks on 60 minute flights and yet United and Delta don't give any free food (just drinks) on 6 hour flights...

Nap time

 

 

 

The main thing Noah kept talking about before we left for our trip was that he wanted to ride in the tractor with Papa again, so my dad called up his good friend Ray to borrow his tractor :-D

He was so excited to just be in the tractor, Papa hadn't even started it up yet and Noah was already grinning from ear to ear :)

Daddy, Noah & Papa

Noah wanted to take Mommy for a ride, too!

I think Noah is making this face because I was trying to get him to look at the camera but he was focused on his driving (as he should be, I guess...lol)

 

 

Concentrating very hard on where he wanted to go

Aunt Holly hit up a few garage sales around Wichita before our visit, so Noah had LOTS of fun toys to play with at Papa & Grandma's house!

What guy doesn't love power tools ;-)

First Stop: Arizona

Our first stop on the mainland was Phoenix to visit Grandma J and some of the Jacobsen family.

 

 

Noah chowing down on some frozen berries at Grandma J's house after our 6 hour overnight flight

Grandma J set up a play date with a new friend!
 

Noah and Adrian snacking after a morning playing in the pool 

While in Phoenix, we also got to spend some time at Uncle Jeff & Aunt Charlene's house.  Noah really enjoyed their new Relaxation Station!

Noah & Aunt CeCe in the Relaxation Station while Daddy & Uncle Jeff chill on the side of the pool

Splashing Aunt CeCe

Noah & Mommy

One morning while Mommy & Daddy had the rare pleasure of sleeping in, Noah & Grandma J made us blueberry muffins!

After eating the tasty blueberry muffins, we had to workout on the TRX  ;-)

 

Noah started creating his own exercises

(You can also see Daddy's old airplane that Noah loved playing with. He called it the "Ely" airplane)

Noah found Aunt CeCe's chemistry goggles :)

 

 

 Watching a movie with Great Grandpa and GG

 

 

 We also enjoyed eating at our new favorite Phoenix restaurant: Oregano's!!!

 

Yay for noodles!

Noah is still learning the difference between Italian food and seafood ;-)