Kicking off Summer...and a little before

Marathon to Marathon!!!! Matt finished his first marathon on June 11, 2011. After he finished he said it was the hardest thing he ever did and that he is NEVER doing another marathon. We will see, hopefully I can talk him into another one down the road :)

The marathon started in Storm Lake Iowa and ended in Marathon Iowa. We stayed at Kings Pointe Resort in Storm Lake with our friends the Burts. The boys had to be at the start line at 5:30. So I got up early and took them. Some of our other friends were also running so their wives came to our hotel and hung out for a while in the morning. We found the boys at mile 22 and then at the finish line. After the race we hung out at the beach with the Burts and the Andersons.

Matt crossing the finish line!















Eating an otter pop and drinking Gatorade after the race.



















Almost there!






























Mile 22....

For Christmas last year I got Matt tickets for Wicked. We went on June 9th. It was amazing. The cast was great and we loved it. After the show we went outside and it was raining SO hard. There was literally a river running down the street. Matt being the gentleman he is offered to go get the car. We were only a couple of blocks away be he was soaked from head to toe. It also didn't help that he left the car window down during the play so our car was a "little" wet inside as well. Oh well fun memories...















Pie eating contest. That about sums it up. Well we did plan to eat a whole pie each but luckily all the pies ended up being frozen so we split the one thawed pie in 8th (and I still felt sick). I will miss Village Green. I couldn't ask for a better place to live.










































































Lake Manawa for the day. It is a lake just a few minutes from our house. We went for the afternoon while the boys were helping at a dental clinic in Grand Island.












































Standing in the Missouri River. The River has been so high this year and is flooding everything. It is so sad to see so much under water. This is where they sandbagged at my work. Matt is standing on the sidewalk that is now underwater. Crazy...















Camping over Memorial Day
We decided to do a quick one night camping trip for memorial day. We went with our friends Ryan and Kim and their three little boys. The one night turned into three. We had a great time and the weather was perfect. On Sunday night a few other families joined us for dinner and smore's. It got really hot on Sunday night so we were glad to come home Monday.


























































Aaron's Baptism

We drove our to Denver at the end of April for my nephews baptism. You think I would have gotten a picture with him but no such luck. This was the only one I took.















Happy Easter!!!

We needed dyed Easter Eggs to make SOS on Easter morning so we dyed some eggs with the Hjorths and the Grafs. Given the oldest child present was 4 months old it didn't last long. When we were done we sent the guys on a Wendy's run and we ate spicy chicken sandwiches and watched Transformers the rest of the night.
















































Trip to Denver

When I changed jobs I took a few weeks off of work. During one of the weeks I went to visit my sister and brother-in-law in Denver. I was so fun to see them and their four kids. I miss seeing them since we moved to Omaha and they moved to Denver. We had a great week and they kept me very entertained.

It was Aaron's birthday while I was there so we went to eat lunch with him at school.















Playing at the playground by their house. It was too bad the weather was so cold and we couldn't use the pool.
















Our trip to the Denver Museum of Science.















Man I love these girls.






























It was so good to see my little niece Nora. This was the first time I'd seen here since she was two weeks old.















We ran the Ni-Bthaska-Ke 12K Trail Run (I have no idea how they came up with the name) in April. Well I should say we both started the run....I was so sick that day but decided I would run anyway. I only made it about 4 miles and then...well I will spare you the details...but I had to throw in the towel. It was too bad because the course was beautiful. It was at Platte River State Park about 30 miles outside of Omaha. Matt finished no problem and had a great time.













































Matt at the finish line!