It's Official!

I am a Nurse, that's right, Licensed RN here!! Now if someone would just realize there's a nursing shortage and hire me that would be great! The job hunt will have to be postponed until next week, we're headed to Ida Grove today for a long weekend and Barb and TJ's wedding.

Fair Time

Candi and I took the kids to the Mississippi Valley Fair Tuesday. We stepped in poop, looked at lots of cow butts, got rained on, and spent too much money - what else are you suppose to do at a fair? We had a great time!! The kids got to pet a few cows, some goats, a llama, camel, feed an elephant and get pictures with a monkey - they usual fair stuff. You read that right, a monkey!



Yeah, he was that kind of monkey!



The elephant Levi chucked food at!



Levi Sharing his funnel cake with baby Reese

Bix Weekend

This weekend was the annual Bix 7 marathon. Levi and Hallie got into the Jr Bix and both are very proud of their medals. Saturday Jake walked the Bix - 7 miles, mostly uphill - with his Uncle Mike, they finished in just under 2 hours - way to go guys!



If you look really hard in the Second picture you can see Levi (he's behind the boy in orange shorts, and may have been responsible for the girl on the ground - He told me this happened after the race, but I was surprised to see it on camera)



More importantly, the Bix weekend means lots of family! Levi had a blast playing with his cousins and we had fun seeing everyone we don't often get to see!

Play Time

Recently Levi designed a cake from playdouh - I know I'm a little bias, but if this is his first attempt, we may have a future Cake Designer in the house... The black are candles with yellow fire and blue frosting stratigically placed.



Also, you know Levi's a big fan of Lego's and Spider man, but did you know there are Lego Spider man toys? Oh yes, and you thought your kids toys were hard to put together... I actually like building them if I didn't know they were going to be destroyed within minuets after they're put together!

45 min.... 75 Questions

Well, I tested. This part is almost worse - I have to wait, and wait and wait to know how I did, hopefully getting done quickly is a good sign - I usually test fast, and I didn't get stuck on any particular problem, so it's probably good. I don't know, I just don't know........ But I will certainly be sharing with you as soon as I do!

Local News

Just in case you're worried - we survived the storm with no adverse effects. Candi, however, is without power but managing well. They aren't sure when their power will be back on - it could be days.

Also, I got my ATT which means I can sit for my RN boards - I test Next Monday, the 28th - wish me luck - I am totally freaking out!!

Brookfield Zoo

Saturday we drove to Chicago to check out the Zoo. It was lots of fun, but I have to admit we've been horribly spoiled with the Omaha zoo. Not that Brookfield isn't impressive - clearly we had a great time, but Omaha is amazing. The cool thing about Brookfield is are more opportunities for hands on learning and a dolphin show. I would recommend checking it out.