Women and Children Only

The guys all headed east to Lincoln on Friday.  Nathan had an entire weekend of events planned to celebrate his last days of bachelorhood, and all the women and children were left in Orleans.  Most would find this somewhat unfair, however we had a wonderful time. 

First on the agenda...eat out! Friday evening, my mother, sister and her two chillins met Jentry and me at the Gourmet Grill in Holdrege for supper.  Surprisingly, the kiddos really like Chinese and I got my fix for a while. 

Anna loves to play with iPhones, so of course we had to have a brief photo shoot.  She is talking so much more than the last time I saw her.  Love, love little Anna Jean!

Saturday morning, we were up early to get ready for the Pork Days Parade in Stamford.  The kids collected entirely too much candy and we ate lunch on bustling, main street.  Well, it seemed bustling compared to the typical population of 183 people.  The parade lasted about an hour, which I thought was really impressive for such a small community.

Go Big Red!

Geesh people...can't you see that we need sunglasses.

Anna licking her lips after some amazing kettle corn!

After lunch, we headed home for naps and got to spend some time visiting with my Aunt Sonja and Uncle Bob.  We drove back to Stamford for supper, which was pork sandwiches....obviously for Pork Days.  The theme this year was "Remember When", so we also got to enjoy a very neat style show that featured four generations of wedding dresses from my family.

Saturday night, Nebraska played Wisconsin and during halftime of the game, we decided it best to give the little ones a good scubbin'. 

Isaac: "Anna it's my turn.  You need to get out now."

Two very silly fish.

Sunday afternoon, we went to the pumpkin patch for pumpkins, a hay rack ride and carmel corn. 

Isaac choose a lovely, medium size, orange pumpkin.

Anna choose two, small, wonderful, white pumpkins.

Jentry choose one large orange pumpkin, a medium orange pumpkin and one small white pumpkin.  The girl likes variety, or maybe she just is indecisive and wants it all. 

Last Sunday afternoon, Jentry and I headed back east and met Papa in Minden for an ice cream treat.  The drive was beautiful with all of the fall leaves.  We played "I spy" combines and counted seven all together.  

The ladies had a fantastic weekend without the men but are very much looking forward to a women only weekend very soon.