Our summer travels continued with a trip to Omaha last week to visit Abby and James and Andrew and Peter. Ryan is just getting his license and so needed the driving hours. He drove about 14 hours during the trip. Amanda, Ryan, Seth, Cam and I made the trip. Tammy and Maddy had a fun (and quiet) time at home and also visited in Kaysville. This picture is of Amanda, Ryan, and I after we went with James to do baptisms in the Winter Quarters temple.
We had a real fun time ice blocking for family home evening down the hill across from Abby and James house. This is an ice train with James, Ryan, Seth, and Cam, right before it fell apart. Abby won the contest for the longest ride.
We visited the children's museum and had loads of fun. Here Cam is making up Abby with fancy costume make up. He is very creative!
Peter REALLY enjoyed being in the museum with his grandpa, ME! 
Believe it or not, this is Amanda posing as Hans Solo and promoting BYU!
A highlight of the trip was visiting the Henry Dorley zoo. We got a family membership so we went three times. The zoo is fantastic and sometimes its hard to tell whether the people are observing the animals or perhaps the animals are observing the people. Here Cam, Seth, Amanda, and Ryan traverse the rope bridge teeming with monkeys and other jungle animals. 
We went to an all-you-can-eat pizza place for dinner and managed to down 107 pieces of pizze among all of us. Here Andrew is proud of his contribution! Actually he only ate three pieces. James was the champion with 22 pieces and everyone else managed to eat at least 10. 
Since we were only 500 miles away from them, we figured out a way to see Aaron, Jenny, Spencer and Joshua. We each drove halfway and met in Iowa City, Iowa. We met at the Olive Garden and had a delicious lunch. Then we spent the afternoon together in a beautiful park. 
Joshua and his beautiful blue eyes seemed happy to see grandpa.
Spencer was excited to pilot the space shuttle to a very wet landing in the park. 
Maddy didn't go to Omaha, but she had a great time at home learning to sew with grandma and going to the Wizard of Oz with Tammy and Jackie. Here she is, all made up and beautiful. Check out those eye lashes!
I couldn't resist putting in this picture of Moroni (Jordan). Tammy had sharing time about the scriptures and he was very impressive as he enlightened the primary children. He is one handsome Nephite! Live is wonderful, Jeff
I couldn't resist putting in this picture of Moroni (Jordan). Tammy had sharing time about the scriptures and he was very impressive as he enlightened the primary children. He is one handsome Nephite! Live is wonderful, Jeff
