Memories From Omaha

This past February Nicole and I did some traveling - to OMAHA.  Yeah, you heard me right, Omaha.  The word Omaha kind of looks like a cross between the words "Aloha" and "Oahu" which are wonderful travel worthy words.  But alas, Omaha in February is just, well, cold - and definitely not travel worthy.

Now, don't get me wrong, it was fun to get away for a couple of days and enjoy the. . .ummmm. . . well, we went there for a volleyball tournament, and the volleyball was good.  Nicole got to meet the Dutch National Team, a bunch of very talented 15 year olds who were playing in the 18 year old division.  She had her picture taken with them.

They didn't really speak any English, and it was fun to listen to them on the court.  Whenever they would score a great point they would shout, "Ohpah!"

We were supposed to fly out on the last day of the tournament, but as we finished packing we discovered that our flight had been cancelled, and EVERY flight out that night was booked.  So, lucky us we got to spend an extra night in Omaha!  Which was great, because then we had extra time to enjoy. . .ummmm. . . well, we watched some TLC on TV and slept in the next day.

Before we ever left for Omaha, I told Nicole how I had visited there in the winter about 12 years ago.  All I could remember were the ginormous piles of dirty snow everywhere.  Nicole just looked at me funny.

Enjoy the memories m'dear :)

Our Tax Education Dollars At Work

I love this picture of Nicole - my super intelligent honor student who takes an incredibly heavy load of classes at school.  Somehow, in the midst of all of the intensity and seriousness, she manages to have fun.  Although admittedly her "fun" looks a bit dangerous.

I'm not quite sure what you're supposed to learn from a lab where you light Cheetos on fire underneath a Coca Cola can that seems to be hovering in mid air - but I'm sure that they learned A LOT!!!

As her mother, I am ever so grateful she wore her safety goggles!

Meeting Bentley

Meet our new little Havanese boy, Bentley.  He is just 2 months old and we drove down to pick him up on Saturday.  We are really enjoying spending time with this cute little guy.  We have discovered though that he is a bit more vocal about things than Blossom.  He is not afraid to wimper and bark to let us know that he wants something.  This includes letting us know that he is not happy being by himself at night.  Hmmmmm. . .

He has already learned to "speak" on command - really no surprise there!  We just need to come up with a command for "silence!"

As you'll see from the video, some of his favorite things to do are play chase and give kisses.



You know what they say about Havanese, "Havanese are like potato chips, you can't have just one."