Happy 10 Year Anniversary!

It has been a fantastic ten years and I look forward to another ten years with my wonderful husband Ryan!

Anniversary

Friday is our 10 year anniversary and Ryan had flowers sent today. They are supposed to be my wedding bouquet! They are so pretty! I should add that this is the second time in ten years that I have received flowers at work from Ryan. :) It's a major event!

NEWS!

Big News! (no, we're not having another baby) In a few weeks I will be taking a new venture into the world of director-hood. I will become the Sarpy County Planning Director. It will be an interesting transition, but one that will be fun!

Zoo Trip

Maddie's New Smile

The wiggly tooth

The new smile

THE tooth

Yesterday Madeline went on a visit to the dentist. She came out with a new smile! After the dentist performed a little filling, she asked Maddie if she'd like to have a little help getting the loose tooth out. Madeline, under the influence of nitrous oxide, agreed enthusiastically. It took quite a bit of yanking but the tooth came out. She was very excited about this change and woke up at the crack of 6 am to find out if the tooth fairy had come. Indeed she had and left one dollar bill and eight quarters in place of the tooth. (The fairy didn't have enough bills) Pictures of the tooth and the new smile will be uploaded soon. It's official folks, my little kiddo is growing up!

Zoo

Madeline visits the zoo today. We actually went to the zoo on Sunday despite Madeline's soaring temerature and lethargic demeanor. Annie enjoyed chasing the peacocks around. I was a little worried because she got pretty close to actually getting a feather in hand and wondered whether or not the bird would try to peck her. The peacocks are larger than Annie. But alas, she managed to exit unscathed by peacock beaks.

On Friday Ryan congratulated several aspiring college of architecture students for their receipt of scholarships from the alumni association. Madeline went along and stayed at her friend Audrey's house. They had a good time together. Annie and I hung out together.

Photos from Omaha

View above Big Papio


Statues at a local memorial park

These are some photos I had fun with today after receiving a new camera in the mail yesterday.