This past weekend we took a little family trip up to Omaha to visit the zoo. We traveled up there with our good friends the Armstrongs, Williams, and Whitworths. We got up there pretty late Friday night so we went right to bed once we got to our hotel. We were the first ones in line to get our tickets as the zoo opened and off we went! This was everyone's fist time to the Omaha zoo so we were excited to explore! Amie made fun scavenger hunts with attached crayons for the kids to check off the animals we saw. What a cute idea! We forgot our stroller so Bella and Ben hitch hiked rides with the other kids! We survived though! We covered the whole zoo, ate lunch, took a train ride and finished about 1:30pm. The animals were really showing off for us today. The monkeys were swinging and making noises that I've never heard! The gorillas were running and chasing each other. All of a sudden the largest gorilla looked at us out of the corner of his eye, got a running start, and jumped up and slammed a "high-five" on the window where Brandon was leaning his hand! Wow, it was pretty intense having a ginormous animal maybe only an inch or so from you! The aquarium was beautiful of course! Bella loved all the fish and the sharks! We can't wait to go again!
That afternoon while Benjamin napped we went to the Children's Museum. Bella would have stayed their all night! There was a really neat traveling dinosaur exhibit that she and Luke enjoyed. She got to hammer open a rock and take a look at it through a magnifying glass. We made it to the bubble show where she got to be inside a huge bubble! She loved the arts and crafts area, there was also a ball area, a pretend village with a grocery store, farm, fire truck, etc.
That night we all met back up at Spaghetti Works. It's a great family place to go with a loud atmosphere, great food, and a balloon lady! Then we found this cute little local ice cream place for dessert. I enjoyed a peanut butter chocolate shake of course! Benjmain acted like he liked his vanilla with gummy bears, but when he got a taste of mine, there was no going back! Bella loved staying in the hotel and kept saying that this was our new home! The breakfast was amazing and different each morning. I ate enough not to really have to eat lunch. We had so much fun and had some great and needed family time!
