Weekend Wrap-Up

Well, we had another freakishly long weekend, thanks to Mother Nature... again. Though I enjoyed being able to do some laundry, start cleaning the junk guest room, whip up some more homemade baby food, and do a little vegging. Oh! and spend MUCH needed time with Keelyn, I will be soooooo happy to have a full week of school this week.

But back to the weekend.

Saturday, when the weather cleared up a bit, Keelyn and I packed up the buggy Mom Bomb and traveled west to Omaha. There, we met Mom and Dad at our fantastic hotel. But that's not all, folks. Oh no! We all headed to Omaha to meet up with Jenna, my cousin, and Keelyn's personal babyGap shopper :^). We hadn't seen her since last August! You know, an entire YEAR before Keelyn came around.

Mom and Dad got in some much-needed granddaughter spoiling time while we waited for Jenna to arrive.

Keelyn was more excited to see a picture of herself than fully participate in my picture. Silly girl :)

What better spot to sit than on Grandpa!

Within minutes, she was knock knock knocking on our door...

...and going STRAIGHT for Keelyn!!

And of course, Keelyn went straight for poor Jenna's finger! She does love to chew on darn near everything these days.




So, we hung out in the hotel room for awhile then headed out to the mall. Let me just say this. I sometimes gripe about Des Moines' roads after a snowfall, but Omaha had the worst.roads.ever! Seriously, they didn't even have the entire outer lane cleared. Horrible!




I digress. Back to the mall story. We walked around the mall for a bit on a hunt for boots. For me. I've been lusting over the thought of owning some boots, and I figured with Keelyn's personal shopper with me, I could do no wrong. I was right, too!


I Jenna found a great pair at Dick's Sporting Goods on a spectacular sale (her words, not mine!). And now, I am the proud owner of a pair of Emu's. I know, right?!?!! It's GREAT! Well, they will be... once I get some protectant spray for them. Don't want 'em going bad right away.

After the big buy, we walked around a bit then got hit up by one of those ultra annoying "wanna take a survey" people in the mall. I made the mistake of stopping, only because it was to watch a movie trailer and get paid to answer a few questions. The promise of 8-10 minutes turned into the longest 30 minutes of my life! As for the verdict? NEVER go see the movie "Get Him to the Greek" when it comes out. A big waste. At least it looked like it to me.

Mall shopping done, we headed back to the hotel for a little more hang out time, and a photo sesh.

Love. Do you feel it? I do.

We had some difficulties with a group pic. One of us was ready, one of us wasn't. I'll let you guess who wasn't quite ready...



...and again...

... until SUCCESS!!!

" I la la la LOVE my shopper, err, I mean cousin, Jenna!", says Keelyn.

Our First 3 Generation Picture

Wardrobe change! And back to her favorite... play time with Grandpa.

Sunday morning was more bonding time with the grandparents.

We also noticed that Keelyn had sucked on her hand so much that she left teeth marks on her hand. Poor girl :(

A yummy breakfast at the hotel followed, then we had to take Jenna back to her friends' house so she could get ready to fly back home to Denver.

Here's a view of what the roads looked like on the way home.

Not the whole way, though. See? There were some good parts, too.

And Jenna, here's the pic I promised you... the snow is to the bottom of the neighbors' mailbox. Can't wait to see you in July!!!!!!!!!