Monday, July 20, 2009

it's why they call him 'Braska

Nebraska, here we are! Check out the wild animals at the Henry Doorly Zoo!

We had a great time watching the gorillas in their exhibit.

Emily Jason and Sierra in the zoo's aquarium

Jason gave Emily an up-close look at the sharks and rays!

Emily and Sierra play in the inflatable pool in Grandpa and Grandma's backyard
Grandpa and Reba relax in the hammock
Alycia, Tori and I had a girls' night out to see The Proposal, eat some *awesome* ice cream(Brownie Batter Concrete Mixer is my new favorite!), and of course, girl talk!
We all got matching t-shirts for the River Tanking Adventure.
The bottom says "Our family puts the fun in dysfunctional."
What is river tanking you ask?
The "tank" is really a round plastic horse trough (that thing they drink water out of) although I think it looks like a really durable kiddie pool. There's a triangular picnic table inside to sit on, and you have a stick to steer/push your boat out of the bushes with.
Above: Grandma and Grandpa, Shawn, Tori and Brynna
Below: The Pirates! Paul, Ashley, Gabe, Zach, Chris and Tim
Ginger
Trish
Emily and Heidi
Aargh, matey! Tim makes a great pirate.
Emily's watergun doesn't squirt very far. The river was shallow enough much of the time so the kids got to wade and swim.
Alycia and Jason

Emily enjoyed her trip in the "boat"

6 comments:

Shawn and Tori said...

We had so much fun with you guys here!! Especially the girls night! But admit it- tanking was the coolest thing you have ever done ;o)

Gardner Family said...

Seriously - I want to try tanking! That looks so fun! I know Ben and Dan would have a blast.

Gardner Family said...

PS Do u remember when Braska used to make that EEEWWWWW sound? And an ambulance siren sound? I try and imitate it to Dan. But it's just not the same. We seriously need to hang out when we come to visit in August!

Beach Mommy said...

That looks like a lot of fun! And I love how well Emily wears her hat! it's SO Cute!!

The Hills said...

Love the vacation pictures! Looks like it was fun.

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