Didn't get to this last night after all the festivities, but here are a few pics of Zac in his costume and getting to do his first real trick-or-treating. :)
Zac had a great time getting to walk around the neighborhood with his cousins and plenty of people in the homes thought his giraffe costume was just the cutest thing.
Now, of course, the big challenge is convincing him he doesn't have an endless supply of candy to eat every night. How well do you think that's working out so far?
It's not often during football season that the Huskers have a Saturday off. It's even rarer that you can get me out of the house regardless, given my love of all things college football. However, we had a real desire to take Zac to get his own pumpkin this year and we thought it'd be fun to visit the Bellevue Berry Farm, which is fairly close.
The pics I'm sharing today are from yesterday's visit. One cool thing for kids about this place is that they have all these areas set up with different themes. They also have some animals you can get up close and personal with, and Zac was able to pet a miniature horse and the pigs were very interested in trying to get close to him. :) In addition, he enjoyed the chickens, cows, an emu, full-sized horses and even the family dog.
After walking around a bit and enjoying the cool Fall day and the animals, we hopped on for a hayrack ride around the property. We all enjoyed this, but Zac especially, and toward the end they stop to let everyone pick a pumpkin if they are interested. We let Zac pick out two, one small and one big, and we even bought some of the honey harvested right on the property. Should be good, but for now Zac is much more concerned with his small pumpkin.
For example, he wanted to play with it last night, and during the course of that he presented it to Katy and said "Happy Birthcake". Yes, that's how he normally says "birthday". Then other times he was acting as though he was making something out of it and, when I asked what, he told me he was making garlic. Yes, garlic. He can't even eat garlic because, well, he doesn't wear it very well.
Anyway, such are the fun times of having a toddler in the house. Wouldn't trade it for the world!
With the day off today, we decided to take Zac to see the SAC Museum just west of Omaha. Like most little boys, Zac has an interest in anything that moves...cars, trucks, trains, planes...cows, pigs, you name it.
Anyway, this was our first visit to the museum despite living so close to an Air Force base. There are two wings to the museum, plus a view into the hangar where they are restoring several other planes. Our favorite side was the larger one which focused more on historical planes.
You know how when you get close to planes you realize how big they are? Well, when you are underneath a plane with at least a 200-foot wingspan, it seems even bigger. :)
I took a number of pics that are in the slide show on the right side, but here are some to tide you over until then. :)
Today we needed to run down to Gary & Nell's to pick ripe vegetables, and since the Offutt Air Show is happening today and tomorrow, we took the opportunity to watch some of the action from their backyard. Though it was 85 outside, the breeze underneath the shade of a big tree was very nice and we enjoyed some outdoor time while Zac ate a little bit of lunch. Grabbed just a bit of video of him during this time and wanted to share.
Mom and Dad just wrapped up their two-week visit with us and Friday night we took them to Farmhouse Cafe & Bakery here in Omaha for dinner. One of the specialties of Farmhouse is their cinnamon rolls, which are indeed awesome. Mom LOVES cinnamon rolls, so we wanted her to experience at least a portion of one before she went home.
Katy and I love these cinnamon rolls, too, and so does Zac, though that night I had the Oreo Cheesecake. Dad settled on the Key Lime Pie. All in all, great dinner and great dessert and a nice finishing dinner to a fun two weeks with my parents. :)
Zac is really enjoying having his Grandma and Grandpa here with us. Mom and Dad joined us last Saturday, the 10th, and have another week of vacation with us before they have to return to Custer.
Today I'm sharing a few pics of Zac with both, plus a video of him riding his grandpa like a horse. :)
Anyone with a toddler understands the "beauty" in watching your child eat. Zac does very well with eating , despite his odd tendency to be picky about meats and things he's had too much before. The first pic today was captured by Katy the other night after supper.
Zac's absolute favorite thing to eat at present is a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Or, put it on anything and he'll eat it. We were out of bread the other night, so I made him a tortilla roll with this inside. Here you see the results of that little experiment. The other pics today come from his stay with Nana & Puddin' Friday night.
As Katy and I left fairly early Saturday to pick up my mom and dad in Ogallala, which is about 4 1/2 hours west of Omaha, Zac stayed with his Nana & Puddin'. They picked their first squash of the season which he is holding in one picture.
He loved the fried squash and also enjoyed his corn, as you see from the other pictures. At least these veggies (and he loves most veggies) are much cleaner than what I fed him! :)
Thought I'd try to get a video up right away tonight now that we're home from our July 4th festivities. After a day full of rain which did not end until well into the afternoon, we ended up with a beautiful evening for grilling and fireworks. Zac took a few moments to enjoy the trampoline at his cousins' house and had a very good time. This video is that event and, though it says it's 1:58 in time, the converter I use duplicated the second half. It's really a minute of actual video, then 58 seconds of the same video without sound. Overall tonight, we had good food and good company and good haze. What's that you say? Good haze?
Well, the heavy rains all day turned to a very still evening with temps in the low 70s. While that sounds perfect, what we really had was a sticky, no-wind environment which, when everyone began lighting off fireworks, resulted in a huge haze. This was the thickest we've seen it in the past several years, but it didn't take away from out enjoyment of it! While Zac was fairly tired by the time fireworks began going off, he did enjoy them and sat in the chair for a good deal of time watching with his cousins.
Didn't get to this last night after all the festivities, but here are a few pics of Zac in his costume and getting to do his first real trick-or-treating. :) 
It's not often during football season that the Huskers have a Saturday off. It's even rarer that you can get me out of the house regardless, given my love of all things college football. However, we had a real desire to take Zac to get his own pumpkin this year and we thought it'd be fun to visit the Bellevue Berry Farm, which is fairly close.
The pics I'm sharing today are from yesterday's visit. One cool thing for kids about this place is that they have all these areas set up with different themes. They also have some animals you can get up close and personal with, and Zac was able to pet a miniature horse and the pigs were very interested in trying to get close to him. :) In addition, he enjoyed the chickens, cows, an emu, full-sized horses and even the family dog.
After walking around a bit and enjoying the cool Fall day and the animals, we hopped on for a hayrack ride around the property. We all enjoyed this, but Zac especially, and toward the end they stop to let everyone pick a pumpkin if they are interested. We let Zac pick out two, one small and one big, and we even bought some of the honey harvested right on the property. Should be good, but for now Zac is much more concerned with his small pumpkin.
For example, he wanted to play with it last night, and during the course of that he presented it to Katy and said "Happy Birthcake". Yes, that's how he normally says "birthday". Then other times he was acting as though he was making something out of it and, when I asked what, he told me he was making garlic. Yes, garlic. He can't even eat garlic because, well, he doesn't wear it very well.
Anyway, such are the fun times of having a toddler in the house. Wouldn't trade it for the world!
With the day off today, we decided to take Zac to see the SAC Museum just west of Omaha. Like most little boys, Zac has an interest in anything that moves...cars, trucks, trains, planes...cows, pigs, you name it.
Anyway, this was our first visit to the museum despite living so close to an Air Force base. There are two wings to the museum, plus a view into the hangar where they are restoring several other planes. Our favorite side was the larger one which focused more on historical planes.
I took a number of pics that are in the slide show on the right side, but here are some to tide you over until then. :)
Zac is really enjoying having his Grandma and Grandpa here with us.
Mom and Dad joined us last Saturday, the 10th, and have another week of vacation with us before they have to return to Custer.
Today I'm sharing a few pics of Zac with both, plus a video of him riding his grandpa like a horse. :)
Anyone with a toddler understands the "beauty" in watching your child eat. Zac does very well with eating , despite his odd tendency to be picky about meats and things he's had too much before. The first pic today was captured by Katy the other night after supper. 
Zac's absolute favorite thing to eat at present is a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Or, put it on anything and he'll eat it. We were out of bread the other night, so I made him a tortilla roll with this inside. Here you see the results of that little experiment.
He loved the fried squash and also enjoyed his corn, as you see from the other pictures. At least these veggies (and he loves most veggies) are much cleaner than what I fed him! :)
