Omaha (Thursday and Friday)

Last weekend was Grandma's 40th High School Reunion! So Wes and I went back to Omaha with her to visit family and have some fun in the midwest! (There are lots of pictures, so I'll split up the days)

Wes loves airplanes so he was in heaven in the airport, even though it was pretty early.

There was a service dog on our flight and Wes and grandma went over to say good morning! When you ask Wes what a doggie says, he says "woof woof" (though it's more of a "grunt grunt") but as soon as he saw this dog he kept saying "woof woof, woof woof, woof woof!"


Ready for take off!
We got really lucky on all of our flights, well, 3 out of 4. My mom and I bought tickets with my employee discount so we were sure to have seats and Wes was going to sit on my lap. But he can fly free on my passes as well so since there were extra seats open he got to sit in his carseat in his own seat. That one flight that he had to sit in my lap was the longest hour and a half of my life!

In the airport in Denver waiting for our connection to Omaha

I didn't get any pictures of Wes meeting his Great Aunt Michelle or cousins Andrea and Marissa (he got to meet his Great Uncle Chris when he came to California last year), we were too busy catching up! But he loved hamming it up for them and checking out all the fun things in their house!

Friday morning we checked out the garage, one of Wes' favorite parts of a house, and he found this perfect sized little chair.

And of course Wes found brooms!! Remember my post about the brooms in Carpinteria, he still loves them and would ask to go in the garage specifically to push those brooms :)

Then we headed to Bellevue University to watch Andrea play volleyball. It's been a while since I've watched a live game, and I think Wes enjoyed it too. Snacks definitely helped to keep his attention.

Wes was totally obsessed with the volleyballs and between games I tried to teach him how to pepper. He just kept running away from me, oh well, maybe next year.

After Andrea's match we went to watch Marissa's high school team play in a tournament.

Wes found this fun ball to play with and here he's getting tickled by grandma. All he wanted to do here was climb up and down the bleachers. My mom said that when Monica was little and she would come to my volleyball games, she would just sit inbetween the bleachers and play with her toys and my mom could peacefully watch my game. Not so with Wes!! After Marissa's match was over I asked her why she only played one game?? I totally missed an entire game while I was chasing my child!

Saturday, Sunday and Monday to follow soon!