PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
The girls have been taking private swim lessons at Donna's Dolphins for the past 2 months and have really progressed in such a short period of time. Abby went from not being able to swim on her own to swimming more confidently by herself. She almost caught up with Emma by the time we finished our last lesson and was working on the freestyle stroke and learning how to breathe in the strokes. Abby worked with Ms. Jessica and loved her. Emma already knew how to swim but gained some new skills in learning all the strokes with Ms. Melissa. Emma's technique really improved by the last lesson.
KEARNY, NEBRASKA
March 5, 2015
Mike has been moonlighting on and off at a hospital in Kearny, Nebraska. The drive is about 5 hours away and a relatively stress free drive. The things he has loved on his trips out there have been the people, the Hy-Vee grocery store, and walking along the Platte River.
AT THE MOVIES
March 13, 2015
Today the girls didn't have school because it was a teacher workday at the Elementary School so we had a really fun girls only day. While Abby went to a birthday party in the morning Emma and I went to the mall to go shopping. Then, we picked up Abby and ate lunch at Panera Bread. To finish off our fun day we headed to the movie theatre to see Cinderella. It was a great day with my favorite girls!
AIRPLANE RIDE
March 19, 2015
Today we woke up early to catch a flight to Houston, Texas. We left a little later than we had anticipated and it was pouring outside so it took us a little longer to get to the airport. As we were approaching the turn off for the offsite parking lot we missed the turn and instead were forced to head straight to the airport. Since we were running short on time we started to freak out a bit. Mike dropped us all off with the bags so we could check everything in and rush through security. We sat in the security line FOREVER. Mike was able to drive back to the offsite parking lot and park the car, take the shuttle to the airport, and get through security before us. He somehow managed to use his Active Duty status to get through the line quicker. As soon as the kids and I made it through security we literally had 5 minutes to get on the train and get to our terminal and gate before they gave our seats away. We were running like crazy people through the terminal. I felt like we were in the movies. We did make it and when we finally found some seats next to each other all we could do was smile.
RAMEN RESTAURANT
March 19, 2015
Mike found the BEST ramen restaurant close to where we were staying near Houston. We had been craving real Ramen every since being back in the US and hadn't found a place that made what we thought tasted like authentic Japanese ramen. This restaurant did not disappoint. The kids loved eating Japanese food with us and drinking their Ramune drinks. Mike and I were in heaven.
FRY'S ELECTRONIC STORE
March 19, 2015
We were so excited to see that there was a Fry's Electronic store near our hotel in Houston. What made this Fry's even more spectacular was it's space theme. Right when we walked into the store there were space ships and all the signs were designed in a space theme. Even the food court looked like a space hub. IT was the coolest store.
HANGING WITH GREG AND RUBY
March 29, 2015
We were so lucky to be able to spend all day Sunday with Greg and Ruby after our cruise ship pulled back into Galveston. Greg picked us up at drove us back to his house in Spring, TX. We loved being able to get to know Ruby better and meeting the dogs. The kids were so excited to finally meet Newman. We had fun playing games and eating all day. It was so hard to say goodbye later that night when we had to head to the hotel to get ready for our trip home the next morning.
EMMA'S SOMBRERO
March 30, 2015
It was so humorous watching people as they stared at Emma wearing her big, blue sombrero through the airport. She was the cutest little girl ever in her gigantic sombrero!
